HSK 6 · Adjectives

无耻 wúchǐ “shameless” in Chinese

Traditional 無恥

What 无耻 means

  1. shameless
  2. without any sense of shame
  3. unembarrassed

How to say 无耻

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale无wú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale耻chǐ3rd tone, dipping

无耻 in a sentence

  1. 我对他们无耻的行径感到厌恶。

    Wǒ duì tāmen wúchǐ de xíngjìng gǎndào yànwù.

    I’m disgusted by their shameless behaviour.

    Sentence #1193435 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我对你的厚颜无耻感到惊讶。

    Wǒ duì nǐ de hòuyánwúchǐ gǎndào jīngyà.

    I’m amazed at how shameless you are.

    Sentence #332996 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我受够了他的厚颜无耻。

    Wǒ shòugòu le tā de hòuyánwúchǐ.

    I’ve had enough of his shamelessness.

    Sentence #851503 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 无耻 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 无 (wú) with each of its parts in a different colour
无wúnot to have
  • 一one · yī
  • 尢lame · wāng
The character 耻 (chǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
耻chǐshame; humiliation; disgrace
  • 耳ear · ěrMeaning part
  • 止stop · zhǐSound part

耳 hints at the meaning (ear); 止 (zhǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with chǐ.

How to write 无耻

无 4 strokes · 耻 10 strokes

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

Words related to 无耻

Words with 无

无wú · not to have无聊wúliáo · bored无论wúlùn · no matter what or how无法wúfǎ · to be unable to无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无数wúshù · countless无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter无赖wúlài · rogue无比wúbǐ · incomparable无辜wúgū · innocent

Words with 耻

羞耻xiūchǐ · shame

More words: Adjectives

蔚蓝wèilán · azure温和wēnhé · mild文雅wényǎ · elegant无比wúbǐ · incomparable无辜wúgū · innocent乌黑wūhēi · jet-black无能为力wúnéngwéilì · powerless无穷无尽wúqióngwújìn · endless

FAQs

无耻 (wúchǐ) means “shameless” or “without any sense of shame”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wúchǐ: wú with a 2nd tone, then chǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 无耻 is written 無恥. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wuchi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 无耻 from the suggestions. Typing wuchi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
无耻 is an HSK 6 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.