HSK 6 · Emotions

羞耻 xiūchǐ “shame” in Chinese

Traditional 羞恥

What 羞耻 means

  1. shame
  2. sense of shame
  3. (a feeling of) shame

How to say 羞耻

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale羞xiū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale耻chǐ3rd tone, dipping

羞耻 in a sentence

  1. 他为他的失败感到羞耻。

    Tā wèi tā de shībài gǎndào xiūchǐ.

    He is ashamed of his failure.

    Sentence #8652791 from Tatoeba

  2. 她为自己的粗心感到羞耻。

    Tā wèi zìjǐ de cūxīn gǎndào xiūchǐ.

    She felt ashamed of her carelessness.

    Sentence #805095 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你应该为你自己感到羞耻。

    Nǐ yīnggāi wèi nǐ zìjǐ gǎndào xiūchǐ.

    You should be ashamed of yourself.

    Sentence #907260 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 羞耻 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 羞 (xiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
羞xiūshy
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 丑ugly · chǒu
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 羞耻

羞 10 strokes · 耻 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 羞耻

Words with 羞

害羞hàixiū · shy

Words with 耻

无耻wúchǐ · shameless

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

心疼xīnténg · to love dearly欣慰xīnwèi · gratified心眼儿xīnyǎnr · mind胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind喜悦xǐyuè · joy虚荣xūróng · vanity厌恶yànwù · to loathe压抑yāyì · to suppress (emotions)

FAQs

羞耻 (xiūchǐ) means “shame” or “sense of shame”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiūchǐ: xiū with a 1st 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, 羞耻 is written 羞恥. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiuchi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 羞耻 from the suggestions. Typing xiuchi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
羞耻 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.