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恥

chǐ

shame, humiliation; ashamed

Strokes
10
Radical
心
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 耻

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 耻, the simplified form of 恥. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 提问对他来说是很羞耻的事。

    Tí wèn duì tā lái shuō shì hěn xiū chǐ de shì

    He is ashamed to ask questions.

  • 她为自己所做的事感到羞耻。

    Tā wèi zì jǐ suǒ zuò de shì gǎn dào xiū chǐ

    She is ashamed of what she's done.

  • 她为自己孩子的行为感到羞耻。

    Tā wèi zì jǐ hái zi de xíng wéi gǎn dào xiū chǐ

    She was ashamed of her children's behavior.

  • 我对他们无耻的行径感到厌恶。

    Wǒ duì tā men wú chǐ de xíng jìng gǎn dào yàn wù

    I'm annoyed by their impudence.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 耻

  • 无耻wú chǐ 2–3 without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless
  • 羞耻xiū chǐ 1–3 (a feeling of) shame
  • 耻辱chǐ rǔ 3–3 → 2–3disgrace; shame; humiliation
  • 可耻kě chǐ 3–3 → 2–3shameful; disgraceful; ignominious
  • 耻笑chǐ xiào 3–4 to sneer at sb; to ridicule
  • 不耻下问bù chǐ xià wèn 4–3–4–4not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates