Correct
好意思
/ hǎoyìsi /
Strokes
Definition
to have the nerve/what a cheek!/to feel no shame/to overcome the shame/(is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
Example
As a Verb
have the nerve/effrontery/face/cheek/gall
1
Zhè
这
shì
事
tài
太
wúliáo
无聊
,
wǒ
我
zhēn
真
bùhǎoyìsi
不好意思
jiǎng
讲
gěi
给
dàjiā
大家
tīng
听
。
It is so vulgar that I can hardly bring myself to tell it to you.
2
Tā
他
hái
还
hǎoyìsi
好意思
wèn
问
tā
他
néng
能
de
得
duōshǎo
多少
gōngqián
工钱
!
Did he have the nerve to ask how much we should pay him!
3
Nǐ
你
zěnme
怎么
hǎoyìsi
好意思
yòu
又
lái
来
yào
要
qián
钱
?
How can you have the cheek to ask for more money?
4
Dāngzhāo
当着
lǎorén
老人
de
的
miàn
面
,
wǒ
我
zěnme
怎么
hǎoyìsi
好意思
jùjué
拒绝
ne
呢
?
How could I turn down the request in the presence of my elders?