HSK 4 · Emotions

害羞 hàixiū “shy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 害羞 means

  1. shy
  2. embarrassed
  3. bashful

How to say 害羞

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale害hài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale羞xiū1st tone, high and level

害羞 in a sentence

  1. 别害羞！

    Bié hàixiū!

    Don’t be shy!

    Sentence #6219311 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他很害羞，都不敢和女孩子说话。

    Tā hěn hàixiū, dōu bù gǎn hé nǚháizi shuōhuà.

    He is too shy to talk to girls.

    Sentence #1883092 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我是一个害羞的男孩。

    Wǒ shì yí ge hàixiū de nánhái.

    I am a shy boy.

    Sentence #781497 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 害羞 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 害 (hài) with each of its parts in a different colour
害hàito do harm to
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 丰abundant · fēng
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 羞 (xiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
羞xiūshy
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 丑ugly · chǒu

How to write 害羞

害 10 strokes · 羞 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

害羞 (hàixiū) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 害羞 (hàixiū). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 害羞

Words with 害

害怕hàipà · afraid of厉害lìhai · impressive伤害shānghài · to hurt危害wēihài · to harm灾害zāihài · calamity利害lìhai · terrible迫害pòhài · to persecute陷害xiànhài · to frame

Words with 羞

羞耻xiūchǐ · shame

More words: Emotions & Feelings

得意déyì · proud of oneself烦恼fánnǎo · to be worried感动gǎndòng · to be moved感情gǎnqíng · emotion后悔hòuhuǐ · to regret激动jīdòng · excited骄傲jiāo'ào · proud紧张jǐnzhāng · nervous

FAQs

害羞 (hàixiū) means “shy” or “embarrassed”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it hàixiū: hài with a 4th tone, then xiū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 害羞 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type haixiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 害羞 from the suggestions. Typing haixiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
害羞 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.