ài​kǒu

embarrassing to say

  • created sense approved 碍口/礙口 · ài​kǒu · embarrassing to say — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    碍口 / 礙口

    ài​kǒu

    embarrassing to say

    too embarrassing or inconvenient to mention; feeling too shy or hesitant to speak one's mind

    碍 (literal) → 碍/礙 · ài · to hinder 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · speech

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense