# 唔好意思
## Chinese

| | | hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | to feel no shame; to have the nerve |
| trad. (唔好意思) | trad. (唔好意思) | 唔 | 好意思 |
| simp. $^#$(唔好意思) | simp. $^#$(唔好意思) | 唔 | 好意思 |
| alternative forms | alternative forms | 毋好意思 Hakka | 毋好意思 Hakka |

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): m$^4$ hou$^2$ ji$^3$ si$^1$ / m$^4$ hou$^2$ ji$^3$ si$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): m$^3$ hau$^2$ yi$^1$ lhu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): m̀ hó yi-sṳ
    (Meixian, Guangdong): m$^2$ hau$^3$ yi$^4$ si$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: m$^4$ hou$^2$ ji$^3$ si$^1$ / m$^4$ hou$^2$ ji$^3$ si$^3$
*** Yale: m̀h hóu yi sī / m̀h hóu yi si
*** Cantonese Pinyin: m$^4$ hou$^2$ ji$^3$ si$^1$ / m$^4$ hou$^2$ ji$^3$ si$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: m$^4$ hou$^2$ yi$^3$ xi$^1$ / m$^4$ hou$^2$ yi$^3$ xi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /m̩²¹ hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː⁵⁵/, /m̩²¹ hou̯³⁵ jiː³³ siː³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: m$^3$ hau$^2$ yi$^1$ lhu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /m̩²² hau⁵⁵ ji³³ ɬu³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: m̀ hó yi-sṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: m$^ˇ$ ho$^ˋ$ i sii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: m$^2$ ho$^3$ yi$^4$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /m¹¹ ho³¹ i⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: m̀ hó yi-sṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: m$^ˇ$ ho$^ˋ$ (r)i sii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: m$^2$ ho$^3$ yi$^4$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /m¹¹ ho³¹ (j)i⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: m$^2$ hau$^3$ yi$^4$ si$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /m̩¹¹ hau³¹ i⁵³ sz̩⁴⁴/

### Adjective

唔好意思
* (Cantonese, Hakka) embarrassed

### Interjection

唔好意思
* (Cantonese, Hakka) sorry; excuse me

### See also

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不好意思 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 不好意思 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 不好意思 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 不好意思 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔好意思 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 唔好意思 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔好意思 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 唔好意思 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 唔好意思 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 敗勢 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 壞勢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 敗勢 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 敗勢, 歪勢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 敗勢 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 歹勢 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 唔好意思 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 敗勢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 䆀勢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 歹勢, 無好意思 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 歹勢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 孬意思 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 孬意思 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 孬意思 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 孬意思, 歹勢 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勿好意思 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 不好意思 |