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to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage)
HSK 5
awkward / difficult / uncomfortable / not agreeing / at loggerheads / gauche
HSK 7-9
awkward; embarrassed
HSK 7-9
to restrict / to restrain / constrained / awkward / ill at ease / uncomfortable / reticent
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *□* | □* | *□
uptight; obstinate; to awkwardly force oneself to do sth (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [king], often written as ㄍㄧㄥ, no generally accepted hanzi form)
awkward situation / predicament
awkward / embarrassed / cannot be accomplished
making things awkward / to cause difficulties / to exert influence / to attract
to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拙* | 拙* | *拙
awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]
clumsy / awkward / stupid
awkward incident
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尬* | 尬* | *尬
(bound form) embarrassing; awkward
awkward / unhandy / be indisposed / not feel well
to feel embarrassed / to feel awkward
hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding
stage wait / (fig.) awkward silence
lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
to be put on the spot / to find oneself in an awkward situation
to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb)
awkward / clumsy / unwieldy / heavy-handed
embarrassed / bothered / in an awkward position
young and clumsy / childish and awkward
awkward in speech
clumsy / awkward / lacking skill
(dialect) awkward; uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate; contrary; argumentative
(slang) awkward conversation; to have a cringeworthy conversation
dirty / filthy / awkward / disgusting / nauseating / Taiwan pr. [ang1 zang1]
mouthful (awkward speech) / tongue-twister
cumbersome / awkward and clumsy
clumsy in speaking / awkward / inarticulate
lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
clumsy (writing) / awkward / obscure
awkward / ominous / unfavorable
awkward / lame / difficulty (esp. in moving) / not smooth


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