"Embarrassing" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 没趣 | méi qù | embarrassing / dull / unsatisfactory |   |
| 尬 |  gà | (bound form) embarrassing / awkward | |
| 糗 | qiǔ | dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment | |
| 可蠢 | kě chǔn | (dialect) unbearable / embarrassing | |
| 那个 | nà ge | that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] | |
| 好看 | hǎo kàn | good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation | |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si | to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 台阶 | tái jiē | steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) | |
| 哭笑不得 | kū xiào bù dé | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears | |
| 搭讪 | dā shàn | to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation | |
| 出糗 | chū qiǔ | (coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen | |
| 拿不出手 | ná bù chū shǒu | not presentable / shoddy and too embarrassing to show | |
| 解嘲 | jiě cháo | to try to cover up in an embarrassing situation / to justify oneself / to find excuses | |
| 碍难 | ài nán | inconvenient / difficult for some reason / to find sth embarrassing | |
| 难言之隐 | nán yán zhī yǐn | a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom) / sth too embarrassing to mention / an embarrassing illness | |
| 碍口 | ài kǒu | to shy to speak out / tongue-tied / to hesitate / too embarrassing for words | |
| 隐秘难言 | yǐn mì nán yán | too embarrassing to mention | |
