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慚

cán

ashamed, humiliated; shameful

Strokes
14
Radical
心
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 惭

Stroke order

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

  • 我对我自己感到惭愧。

    Wǒ duì wǒ zì jǐ gǎn dào cán kuì

    I am ashamed of myself.

  • 我很惭愧，这是我第一次对我爸说谎。

    Wǒ hěn cán kuì zhè shì wǒ dì yī cì duì wǒ bà shuō huǎng

    This is the first time I've ever lied to my father and I am ashamed of myself.

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

Words containing 惭