惭

慚

cán

adjective #25,701

Meanings

1 ashamed
2 feeling shame
3 abashed

Characters

ashamed / feeling shame

Examples

他心中感到惭愧，低下了头。

Tā xīn zhōng gǎndào cánkuì, dīxia le tóu.

He felt ashamed and lowered his head.

我为自己的失误感到惭。

Wǒ wèi zìjǐ de shīwù gǎndào cán.

I feel ashamed of my mistake.

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usage

惭 is rarely used alone in modern Chinese. It appears in compounds like 惭愧 (cánkuì, ashamed/sorry) and the idiom 大言不惭 (to boast shamelessly).

Stroke Order

惭 cán