丢人

丢人 diūrén

Lose face

丢人 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體丟人 diuren

What 丢人 means

Lose face

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Character by character

丢人 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

丢

diū

Lose (throw)

人

rén

Person (people)

Words that share a character with 丢人

How to write 丢人

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丢人 in a sentence

考砸了也不丢人，重要的是别放弃。

Kǎo zá le yě bù diū rén, zhòngyào de shì bié fàngqì.

Failing an exam is no disgrace; what matters is not giving up.

他觉得当众出错很丢人。

Tā juéde dāngzhòng chūcuò hěn diū rén.

He felt it was humiliating to make a mistake in public.

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Questions about 丢人

What does 丢人 mean in English?

丢人 is pronounced diūrén and means Lose face.

How do you pronounce 丢人?

丢人 is diūrén in pinyin — written diuren without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 丢人?

丢人 is written with 2 characters: 丢 (diū) Lose (throw), 人 (rén) Person (people). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 丢人 written in traditional Chinese?

丟人. The simplified form 丢人 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 丟人 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced diūrén.

Is 丢人 an HSK word?

Yes — 丢人 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

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