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xí hổ

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shy; bashful
Adjective
shy; bashful
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Adjective

Sense 1 Adjective
shy; bashful Feelings, Appearance & PersonalityTheme PlantsTag

A feeling of being nervous, timid, or uncomfortable around other people or in social situations.

vi Đứa bé cảm thấy xí hổ khi gặp người lạ.

en The child feels shy when meeting strangers.

Noun

Sense 2 Noun
shy plant Animals & PlantsTheme

A small plant whose leaves fold inward and droop when touched or shaken by an outside force.

vi Lá cây xí hổ khép lại khi có người chạm vào.

en The leaves of the shy plant close when someone touches them.

Parts
xí / hổ / 企虎
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
企虎
Candidates by syllable
xí 企(幟 / 廁) hổ 虎(𢜜)
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
sần mặt / ngượng ngùng / thẹn thùng / sượng sùng …
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Use
xấu xí / nhà xí / xí quách / xí ngầu …
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