尴 尬

gāngà

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Awkward” in Chinese is 尴尬 (gāngà).

Meaning

awkward; embarrassed

Example

他的话让我很尴尬。

His words embarrassed me.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

gānHSK 7-913 strokesused in 尷尬|尴尬[gan1 ga4]gàHSK 7-97 strokesembarrassing; awkward

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