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耻

chǐ

shame, humiliation; ashamed

🔤 Pictophonetic: 耳 (ear) provides meaning, 止 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 10 strokes Common (22%)

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耳

ěr

ear; to hear, to hear of; handle

止

zhǐ

to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist

⿰耳止 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

ěr

耳

ear; to hear, to hear of; handle

📷 Pictographic: An ear

6 strokes HSK 3

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

4 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

zhǐ

止

to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist

📷 Pictographic: A foot

4 strokes HSK 4

shàng

上

above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

💡 Ideographic: One stroke on top of another; compare 下 (below)

3 strokes HSK 1

⺊

💡 Ideographic: A crack on an oracle bone; compare 卜

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

Words Using 耻 (27)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

无耻 ↗

wúchǐ

without any sense of shame / unembarrassed / shameless

wúchǐ

无耻 ↗

HSK 6

without any sense of shame / unembarrassed / shameless

national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 [[九一八事變|九一八事变]] and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria

Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines

BāRóngBāChǐ

八荣八耻 ↗

Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines

可耻 ↗

kěchǐ

shameful / disgraceful / ignominious

kěchǐ

可耻 ↗

shameful / disgraceful / ignominious

含忍耻辱 ↗

hánrěnchǐrǔ

to eat humble pie / to accept humiliation / to turn the other cheek

hánrěnchǐrǔ

含忍耻辱 ↗

to eat humble pie / to accept humiliation / to turn the other cheek

to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)

bàochóuxuěchǐ

报仇雪耻 ↗

to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)

奇耻大辱 ↗

qíchǐdàrǔ

extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)

qíchǐdàrǔ

奇耻大辱 ↗

extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)

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