| 1 | 碍 | 礙 | ài | ai4 | to hinder; to obstruct; to block | | |
| 2 | 碍口 | 礙口 | ài kǒu | ai4 kou3 | to shy to speak out; tongue-tied; to hesitate; too embarrassing for words | | |
| 3 | 碍口识羞 | 礙口識羞 | ài kǒu shí xiū | ai4 kou3 shi2 xiu1 | tongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom) | | |
| 4 | 碍面子 | 礙面子 | ài miàn zi | ai4 mian4 zi5 | (not do sth) for fear of offending sb | | |
| 5 | 碍难 | 礙難 | ài nán | ai4 nan2 | inconvenient; difficult for some reason; to find sth embarrassing | | |
| 6 | 碍难从命 | 礙難從命 | ài nán cóng mìng | ai4 nan2 cong2 ming4 | difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply | | |
| 7 | 碍事 | 礙事 | ài shì | ai4 shi4 | (usu used in the negative) to be of importance or to matter; to be in the way; to be a hindrance | | |
| 8 | 碍手碍脚 | 礙手礙腳 | ài shǒu ài jiǎo | ai4 shou3 ai4 jiao3 | to be in the way; to be a hindrance | | |
| 9 | 碍胃口 | 礙胃口 | ài wèi kǒu | ai4 wei4 kou3 | to impair the appetite | | |
| 10 | 碍眼 | 礙眼 | ài yǎn | ai4 yan3 | to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there) | | |