好意思

hǎoyìsi
phrase #16,211

Meanings

  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 to feel no shame
  3. 3 to not be embarrassed

Examples

Nǐ hǎoyìsi shuō zhè zhǒng huà?
You have the nerve to say something like that?
Chídào le yī ge xiǎoshí, tā hái hǎoyìsi xiào.
He was an hour late and still had the nerve to smile.

Tips

grammar
Almost always used rhetorically or negatively. 你好意思? = 'How dare you?' / 'Have you no shame?' The negative form 不好意思 is much more common and means 'embarrassed' or 'excuse me.'
mistakes
Don't confuse with 不好意思 (bù hǎoyìsi, embarrassed/sorry). 好意思 without carries a tone of reproach or disbelief.

Stroke Order

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