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Chinese dictionary
adj.bashful; shy
她很聪明，但在表达思想时却有些腼腆。
She is very clever but rather backward in expressing her ideas.
我是个腼腆的孩子。
I'm a bashful child.
他露出腼腆的笑容。
He gave a bashful grin.
见生人腼腆
be shy of strangers
antonym
Word usage
- Reduplication"腼腆" can be reduplicated, for example: "腼腼腆腆".
他讲话腼腼腆腆、犹犹豫豫，好象发言对他是一种折磨。
He talked rather shyly, hesitatingly, as though it were torture to him to speak.