尴尬 (gān'gà) means Awkward (embarrassed). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我当时的处境非常 尴尬 。
Wǒ dāngshí de chǔjìng fēicháng gāngà.
The position I was in at the time was extremely embarrassing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 尴尬
他忘了对方的名字，场面十分 尴尬 。
Tā wàng le duìfāng de míngzi, chǎngmiàn shífēn gāngà.
He forgot the other person's name and it was thoroughly awkward.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 尴尬
他机智的回答化解了 尴尬 。
Tā jīzhì de huídá huàjiě le gāngà.
His quick-witted reply defused the awkwardness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 机智
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Questions about 尴尬
How is 尴尬 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 尴尬 (gān'gà, "Awkward (embarrassed)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 尴尬 an HSK word?
Yes — 尴尬 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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The dictionary page for 尴尬 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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