不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不好意思
bùhǎoyìsi
sorry; embarrassed
Characters in this word
意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
思 sī
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 心 heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 不好意思，我迟到了。 Bùhǎoyìsi, wǒ chí dào le. Sorry, I am late.
- 不好意思，打扰了。 Bùhǎoyìsi, dǎrǎo le. Sorry to bother you.
- 他不好意思开口。 Tā bùhǎoyìsi kāikǒu. He feels too shy to speak.