愧 (kuì) means Ashamed. Below are 5 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
这幅画不 愧 为传世之作。
Zhè fú huà búkuì wéi chuánshì zhī zuò.
This painting truly deserves to be called a work for the ages.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不愧
做错了事，他感到很惭 愧 。
Zuò cuò le shì, tā gǎndào hěn cánkuì.
Having done wrong, he felt ashamed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 惭愧
他不 愧 是这个领域的专家。
Tā búkuì shì zhège lǐngyù de zhuānjiā.
He is worthy of his name as an expert in this field.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不愧
受到这样的表扬，我很惭 愧 。
Shòudào zhèyàng de biǎoyáng, wǒ hěn cánkuì.
I feel unworthy of such praise.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 惭愧
他为自己当年的无知感到惭 愧 。
Tā wèi zìjǐ dāngnián de wúzhī gǎndào cánkuì.
He is ashamed of how ignorant he was back then.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无知
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Words that contain 愧
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Questions about 愧
How is 愧 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 愧 (kuì, "Ashamed"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 愧 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 愧 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 愧?
The dictionary page for 愧 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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