惭愧 (cán kuì) is a Chinese word meaning “ashamed”.
Meanings
- 1ashamed
- Part of speech
- adjective
Characters in 惭愧
Related words
羞愧ashamed愧疚to feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful不愧to be worthy of当之无愧fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)问心无愧lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience惭ashamed惭variant of 慚|惭[can2]无愧to have a clear conscience; to feel no qualms; to be worthy of (sth)大言不惭to boast shamelessly愧对to be ashamed to face (sb)自愧不如ashamed of being inferior (idiom)愧ashamed