忸怩

Chinese

		accustomed to; blush; be shy	shy, timid, bashful; look ashamed
trad. (忸怩)		忸	怩
simp. ^#(忸怩)		忸	怩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niǔní

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nuk⁶ nei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niǔní
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niǒuní
  - Wade–Giles: niu³-ni²
  - Yale: nyǒu-ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neouni
  - Palladius: нюни (njuni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nuk⁶ nei⁴
  - Yale: nuhk nèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nuk⁹ nei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nug⁶ néi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊk̚² nei̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: nrjuwk nrij

Rime
Character	忸	怩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	女六切	女夷切
Baxter	nrjuwk	nrij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨuk̚/	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiuk̚/	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/niuk̚/	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳuwk̚/	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/niuk̚/	/nji/
Wang Li	/nĭuk̚/	/ni/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯uk̚/	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nù	ní
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nuk⁶	nei⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*nuɡ nil/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	怩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ nrij ›
Old Chinese	/*nr[əj]/
English	ashamed
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	忸	怩
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	1531	9430
Phonetic component	丑	尼
Rime group	覺	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	肭	尼
Old Chinese	/*nuɡ/	/*nil/

Adjective

忸怩

bashful; shy; reserved
(dated) ashamed; embarrassed
- 君忸怩，乃趣赦之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]
  From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE
  Jūn niǔní, nǎi qù shè zhī. [Pinyin]
  The Duke, embarrassed, hurried off to have (the servant) released.

Synonyms

(shy; bashful):

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畏小禮 / 畏小礼 (Teochew, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
秘四 (Hokkien)
羞澀 / 羞涩 (xiūsè)
覕䟙 / 𰴕䟙 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
靦腆 / 䩄腆 (miǎntiǎn)
驚無藝 / 惊无艺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忸	怩
じく Hyōgai	じ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Adjective

忸(じく)怩(じ) • (jikuji) ^†-tari (adnominal 忸(じく)怩(じ)とした (jikuji to shita) or 忸(じく)怩(じ)たる (jikuji taru), adverbial 忸(じく)怩(じ)と (jikuji to) or 忸(じく)怩(じ)として (jikuji to shite))

bashful; shameful; ashamed

Adverb

忸(じく)怩(じ) • (jikuji)

ashamedly

Usage notes

Used with と