She glanced shyly at the young man.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
羞怯
shy
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
shy
02
timid
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 羞怯 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 羞怯 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The shy boy murmured his name.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 羞怯.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 羞怯.
Directly before
- 她羞怯1
Directly after
- 羞怯地1
- 羞怯的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
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.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 羞怯
What does 羞怯 mean in Chinese?
羞怯 (xiūqiè) means shy.
How do you pronounce 羞怯?
羞怯 is pronounced xiūqiè.
Is 羞怯 an HSK word?
羞怯 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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