to feel embarrassed in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 不好意思 with this easy mnemonic:

That is no (不) good (好), your son is embarrassed just by the idea (意) of you picking him up at school, what would he think (思) if you started teaching there?

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 思
• 意
• 好
• 不

• 不论
• 注意
• 最好
• 问好
• 好多
• 有意思
• 好看
• 不可
• 同意
• 幸好
• 不管
• 好几
• 不可思议
• 不止
• 好像
• 不安

The reading of 不好意思 is bù hǎo yì si.

You can remember how to say 不好意思 with this useful mnemonic:

Boo (bù), our son is no fun! How (hǎo) is (yì) he embarrassed by me but not his sister (si)? They go to the same school!

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like to feel embarrassed and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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