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糗

qiǔ · qiu/Qiǔ · qiu

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Meaning

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qiǔ 糗

  1. dry rations (for a journey)
  2. (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking)
  3. (coll.) embarrassing
  4. embarrassment

Qiǔ 糗

  1. surname Qiu
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The loudest song

  1. Liangliang

    今天(jīntiān)我(wǒ)太(tài)糗(qiǔ)了(le)！

    I was so embarrassed today!

  2. Dengdeng

    怎么了(zěnmele)？

    What happened?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)在(zài)地铁(dìtiě)里(lǐ)大声(dàshēng)唱歌(chànggē)，才(cái)发现(fāxiàn)耳机(ěrjī)没(méi)连上(liánshàng)手机(shǒujī)。

    I sang loudly on the subway, then found my earphones weren't connected to my phone.

  4. Dengdeng

    哈哈(hāhā)，那(nà)真(zhēn)糗(qiǔ)！大家(dàjiā)都(dōu)听到(tīngdào)了(le)吧(ba)？

    Haha, that is so embarrassing! Everyone heard you, right?

  5. Liangliang

    对(duì)，还有(háiyǒu)人(rén)给(gěi)我(wǒ)鼓掌(gǔzhǎng)，更(gèng)糗(qiǔ)了(le)。

    Yes, and someone even clapped for me. Even more embarrassing.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)一(yì)生(shēng)中(zhōng)从(cóng)没(méi)那(nà)么(me)糗(qiǔ)过(guò)。

I was never so humiliated in my life.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)只(zhī)猫(māo)咪(mī)气(qì)场(chǎng)全(quán)开(kāi)，走(zǒu)着(zhe)猫(māo)步(bù)，相(xiāng)当(dāng)优(yōu)雅(yǎ)，然(rán)后(hòu)摔(shuāi)倒(dǎo)了(le)，真(zhēn)是(shì)糗(qiǔ)大(dà)了(le)。

The cat glided along, very refined, but ended up falling, which was very embarrassing.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by Aphima · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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