You make me feel so guilty.
内疚
guilty conscience
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Meaning and common use
guilty conscience
to feel a twinge of guilt
How 内疚 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 内疚 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I'm very ashamed of myself about what I've done.
I feel a little guilty that I didn't invite him to join the celebration.
Words that keep company with 内疚.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 内疚.
Directly before
- 很内疚4
- 有点内疚1
- 感觉内疚1
Directly after
- 内疚吗1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 内疚
What does 内疚 mean in Chinese?
内疚 (nèijiù) means guilty conscience.
How do you pronounce 内疚?
内疚 is pronounced nèijiù.
Is 内疚 an HSK word?
内疚 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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