# 難為情
## Chinese

| | | to be difficult to do; to make it difficult for | feeling; emotion; passionfeeling; emotion; passion; situation |
| trad. (難為情/難爲情) | trad. (難為情/難爲情) | 難為/難爲 | 情 |
| simp. (难为情) | simp. (难为情) | 难为 | 情 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nánwéiqíng
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): naan$^4$ wai$^4$ cing$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-ûi-chêng
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ne-we-zhin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nánwéiqíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nánwéicíng
*** Wade–Giles: nan$^2$-wei$^2$-chʻing$^2$
*** Yale: nán-wéi-chíng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanweichyng
*** Palladius: наньвэйцин (nanʹvɛjcin)
*** Sinological IPA : /nän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naan$^4$ wai$^4$ cing$^4$
*** Yale: nàahn wàih chìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naan$^4$ wai$^4$ tsing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nan$^4$ wei$^4$ qing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /naːn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-ûi-chêng
*** Tâi-lô: lân-uî-tsîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lan'uizeeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² ui¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ ui²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ne-we-zhin
*** MiniDict: ne$^去$ we zhin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ne-hhue-xxin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²² ɦue⁵⁵ ʑin²¹/

### Adjective

難為情
* embarrassed; uneasy; shy
* afraid of hurting other people's feelings

#### Synonyms

* (embarrassed): (formal) 訕訕／讪讪 (shànshàn); (Hokkien) 八死

### Verb

難為情
* to be embarrassed; to be uneasy; to be shy
    From: 2011, Hu Baotan, 弄堂
    $^1$in-teq $^6$ven-ho $^6$da-keq-min-gheq $^6$zen-kuaon $^6$yi $^1$tsy-seq-ven-tsy $^7$oq-li $^1$tshau-ku $^1$ka $^5$tau $^6$ne $^1$khoe-ci $^1$tsy-seq-ven-tsy $^6$ghe $^6$ne-we-zhin [Wugniu]
    Because during the cultural revolution, he had raided the houses of a few intellectuals, even now he gets embarrassed seeing them.

#### Synonyms

| 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 |