03305 Chinese character of 慚 and pronounce caam4

The Chinese character【慚】(shen) that we will be discussing today is a word that describes emotion or attitude. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Shame or self-blame.

The pronunciation of this specific Chinese character is given below.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【慚】:cán

Cantonese Jyutping of 【慚】:caam4

Here is an explanation of the primary details of the Chinese character 【慚】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【慚】, for example:Describing emotions or attitudes , It means primarily shame or self-blame. .Since Chinese characters have profound meanings, they may carry additional complexities and specific usages that are difficult to fully convey here.

【慚】stands alone as a word, yet when paired with others, it leads to complex linguistic structures, for instance【羞慚、慚然】(Mandarin Pinyin:xiū cán 、cán rán/ Cantonese Jyutping:sau1 caam4 、caam4 jin4)

Writing this character requires 14 strokes,It is a Chinese character that must be learned by those aiming to reach a near-native level of proficiency in Chinese,This example sentence will help clarify the usage of this character.:


他因犯錯而感到慚然不安。

He felt ashamed of having made a mistake.


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