| 尴尬 | gān gà | awkward / embarrassed | ![]() |
| 害羞 | hài xiū | shy / embarrassed / bashful | ![]() |
| 难堪 | nán kān | hard to take / embarrassed | ![]() |
| 窘迫 | jiǒng pò | poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed | ![]() |
| 难为情 | nán wéi qíng | embarrassed | ![]() |
| 讪讪 | shàn shàn | embarrassed | ![]() |
| 没脸 | méi liǎn | ashamed / embarrassed / not having the face (to meet people) / not daring (out of shame) | ![]() |
| 下不来 | xià bù lái | awkward / embarrassed / cannot be accomplished | ![]() |
| 受窘 | shòu jiǒng | embarrassed / bothered / in an awkward position | ![]() |
| 窘 | jiǒng | distressed / embarrassed | ![]() |
| 发窘 | fā jiǒng | to feel embarrassment / disconcerted / embarrassed | ![]() |
| 没有脸皮 | méi yǒu liǎn pí | ashamed / embarrassed / not having the face (to meet people) / not daring (out of shame) | ![]() |
| 羞赧 | xiū nǎn | (literary) embarrassed / bashful | ![]() |
| 赧然 | nǎn rán | blushing / embarrassed | ![]() |
| 拍谢 | pāi xiè | (Tw) excuse me / to be sorry / apologetic / embarrassed / shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 / in Mandarin) | ![]() |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si | to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | ![]() |
| 为难 | wéi nán | to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage) | ![]() |
| 不知所措 | bù zhī suǒ cuò | not knowing what to do (idiom) / at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss | ![]() |
| 难以启齿 | nán yǐ qǐ chǐ | to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth | ![]() |
| 犯难 | fàn nán | to feel embarrassed / to feel awkward | ![]() |
| 下不了台 | xià bu liǎo tái | to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully / to be put on the spot / to be embarrassed | ![]() |
| 坐蜡 | zuò là | to be embarrassed / to be put in a difficult situation | ![]() |
| 廹 | pò | variant of 迫 / to persecute / to oppress / embarrassed | ![]() |
| 磨不开 | mò bù kāi | to feel embarrassed | ![]() |
| 羞口难开 | xiū kǒu nán kāi | to be too embarrassed for words (idiom) | ![]() |
