腼 miǎn modest
modest; bashful
How to remember 腼: 月 meat + 面 face = modest. When the vegetarian girl is offered meat at her boyfriend's family dinner, her face turns red and she smiles, polite and modest.
Component breakdown
腼 = 月 meat + 面 face
- 月 meat
- 面 face
When the vegetarian girl is offered meat at her boyfriend's family dinner, her face turns red and she smiles, polite and modest.
How it is used
- Bound; exists only in 腼腆 (miǎntiǎn) shy, bashful.
- Treat it as inseparable from 腆 - you'll never meet 腼 by itself. 他见到生人就腼腆 (tā jiàndào shēngrén jiù miǎntiǎn) he gets shy around strangers.