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Definition 2026
唔好意思
唔好意思
Chinese
Adjective
唔好意思
Interjection
唔好意思
See also
| Dialectal synonyms of 不好意思 (“excuse me”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不好意思 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 不好意思 |
| Taiwan | 不好意思 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔好意思 |
| Hong Kong | 唔好意思 | |
| Taishan | 唔好意思 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 敗勢 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 壞勢 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 敗勢 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 敗勢、歪勢 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 敗勢 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 歹勢 | |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 歹勢 |
| Xiamen | 歹勢 | |
| Zhangzhou | 䆀勢 | |
| Taipei | 歹勢、失禮 | |
| Kaohsiung | 歹勢、失禮 | |
| Tainan | 歹勢、失禮 | |
| Taichung | 歹勢、失禮 | |
| Yilan | 歹勢、失禮 | |
| Lukang | 歹勢、失禮 | |
| Sanxia | 歹勢、失禮 | |
| Kinmen | 歹勢、失禮 | |
| Magong | 歹勢、失禮 | |
| Hsinchu | 歹勢、失禮 | |
| Malaysia | 歹勢、無好意思 | |
| Chaozhou | 孬意思 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勿好意思 |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: m4 hou2 ji3 si1, m4 hou2 ji3 si3
- Yale: m̀h hóu yi sī, m̀h hóu yi si
- Cantonese Pinyin: m4 hou2 ji3 si1, m4 hou2 ji3 si3
- IPA (key): /m̩²¹ hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː⁵⁵/, /m̩²¹ hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː³³/
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- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: m3 hau2 yi1 lhu1
- IPA (key): /m̩²² hau⁵⁵ ʒi³³ ɬu³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+