# 害羞 (hàixiū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 害羞 (hàixiū) means “shy; bashful”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: shy; bashful
- Pinyin: hàixiū (hai4 xiu1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 那个小女孩见生人有点儿害羞。
  Nàge xiǎo nǚhái jiànshēngrén yǒudiǎnr hàixiū.
  That little girl is a bit shy around strangers.

## Characters

- [害](https://hanziro.com/word/hai-harm/) (hài): to harm; to cause trouble to
- 羞 (xiū): shy; ashamed

https://hanziro.com/word/hai-xiu-shy/

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