Chinese Word: 耻 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

耻 (Trad.: 恥)HSK 6

Pinyin: chǐ

English Definition: shame; disgrace

Chinese Definition:
①羞愧，羞辱：羞耻。雪耻。奇耻大辱。耻笑。耻骂。

Antonyms: 荣

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 耳

Pictophonetic:止 indicates the sound; 耳 (ear) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 耳 [ ěr ] ear; to hear, to hear of; handle
- 止 [ zhǐ ] to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist

Similar Characters: 耽职联址趾

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Stroke order image for Chinese character 耻

耻辱	chǐ rǔ	disgrace; shame; humiliation
无耻HSK 6	wú chǐ	without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless
可耻	kě chǐ	shameful; disgraceful; ignominious
羞耻HSK 6	xiū chǐ	(a feeling of) shame
国耻	guó chǐ	national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria