不好意思

HSK 2#2805 by frequencyradical 一

bù hǎo yì si["v","a"]

to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)

Examples

不好意思？

Sorry?

不好意思！

Excuse me!

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.