awkward; embarrassed (adj.)
HSK 6
Traditional
尷尬
Radicals
Stroke order
Examples
他在聚会上说错了话，感到非常尴尬。 tā zài jùhuì shàng shuō cuòle huà, gǎndào fēicháng gāngà。 - He said the wrong thing at the gathering and felt very embarrassed.
尴尬的沉默填满了整个房间。 gāngà de chénmò tiánmǎnle zhěnggè fángjiān。 - Awkward silence filled the entire room.
他在新公司的第一天遇到了尴尬的局面。 tā zài xīn gōngsī de dì yī tiān yùdàole gāngà de júmiàn。 - He encountered an awkward situation on his first day at the new company.
这个笑话让她感到十分尴尬。 zhège xiàohuà ràng tā gǎndào shífēn gāngà。 - This joke made her feel very awkward.
他不知道如何应对这种尴尬的情况。 tā bù zhīdào rúhé yìngduì zhè zhǒng gāngà de qíngkuàng。 - He didn't know how to handle such an awkward situation.
Characters
尴 gān - (of situation) hard to deal with; (dialect) embarrassed, awkward |
尬 gà - (in an embarrassing situation - This character is not used alone) |