糗

qiǔ

adjective/noun #9,234

Meanings

Tài qiǔ le! Wǒ jiàocuò le tā de míngzi.

So embarrassing! I called him by the wrong name.

Bié tí le, nà jiàn shì tài qiǔ le.

Don't bring it up, that was too embarrassing.

Tā chū le yī gè dà qiǔ.

He had a really embarrassing moment.

糗 is very colloquial and common in casual speech, especially in Taiwan. Mainland speakers more often say 丢脸 (diūliǎn) or 尴尬 (gāngà).

usage

As a noun: 出糗 (chūqiǔ) = to embarrass oneself. As an adjective: 太糗了 = so embarrassing.

糗 qiǔ