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尷

gān

embarrassed; ill at ease

Strokes
17
Radical
尢
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 尴

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 尴, the simplified form of 尷. 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

  • 我认为这很令人尴尬。

    Wǒ rèn wéi zhè hěn lìng rén gān gà

    I thought that was embarrassing.

  • 他的话让我很尴尬。

    Tā de huà ràng wǒ hěn gān gà

    His words embarrassed me.

  • 观众面前唱歌让我们大家都感到尴尬。

    Guān zhòng miàn qián chàng gē ràng wǒ men dà jiā dōu gǎn dào gān gà

    We all felt embarrassed to sing a song in public.

  • 看见我，她很尴尬。

    Kàn jiàn wǒ tā hěn gān gà

    Seeing me, she was embarrassed.

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

Words containing 尴

  • 尴尬gān gà 1–4 awkward; embarrassed