# 害臊
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hàisào
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˋ ㄙㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi$^6$ sou$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hàisào
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ ㄙㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hàisào
*** Wade–Giles: hai$^4$-sao$^4$
*** Yale: hài-sàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haysaw
*** Palladius: хайсао (xajsao)
*** Sinological IPA : /xaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoi$^6$ sou$^3$
*** Yale: hoih sou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoi$^6$ sou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hoi$^6$ sou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːi̯²² sou̯³³/

### Verb

害臊
* (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial) to be shy; to be bashful; to be embarrassed

#### Synonyms

* 含羞 (hánxiū) (literary)
* 害羞 (hàixiū)
* 怕人 (pàrén)
* 怕羞 (pàxiū)
* 怕臊 (pàsào) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 害羞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 害臊, 靦腆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 害羞, 靦腆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 害羞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 害羞 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 害臊, 靦腆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 害羞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 怕羞, 怕醜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 怕醜, 怕難為情, 難為情 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 怕醜 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 怕醜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 著羞 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 怕羞, 畏羞 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 怕醜 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 畏羞 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 畏羞 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 怕醜 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 怕醜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 驚見笑 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 驚見笑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 驚見笑 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 驚見笑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 驚見笑 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 驚見笑 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 害羞 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 伓好意思 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 小禮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 畏小禮, 畏小人, 閉思, 覕䟙 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 見笑, 驚見笑, 歹勢, 驚歹勢, 閉思 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 見笑, 驚見笑, 䆀勢, 驚䆀勢, 無藝, 驚無藝, 畏小禮, 閉思 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 小禮 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 小禮 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 小禮, 畏小禮 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 小禮, 畏小禮 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 小禮 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 細禮 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 驚畏醜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 難為情 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 難為情, 怕難為情 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 得人憎 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 怕醜 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 怕醜 |