不好意思 – vocab dash

不好意思bùhǎoyìsi

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Meanings

1. to feel embarrassed

2. to find it embarrassing

3. to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)

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不no 好good 意idea 思to think

Examples30

不好意思bùhǎoyìsi，我wǒ要yào走zǒu了le。

I am afraid I must be going now.

不好意思bùhǎoyìsi，你nǐ叫jiào什么shénme名字míngzi？

Excuse me. What's your name?

不好意思bùhǎoyìsi，你nǐ的de名字míngzi是shì什么shénme？

Sorry, what's your name?

不好意思bùhǎoyìsi，你nǐ会huì说shuō英语Yīngyǔ吗ma？

Excuse me. Do you speak English?

我wǒ太tài不好意思bùhǎoyìsi啦la。

I'm too ashamed.

我wǒ真是zhēnshi不好意思bùhǎoyìsi！

I'm really sorry!