尴尬 尷尬 gān gà awkward / embarrassed syn 为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage) syn 别扭 彆扭 biè niu awkward / difficult / uncomfortable / not agreeing / at loggerheads / gauche syn 笨拙 bèn zhuō clumsy / awkward / stupid syn 拘束 jū shù to restrict / to restrain / constrained / awkward / ill at ease / uncomfortable / reticent syn 下不来 下不來 xià bù lái awkward / embarrassed / cannot be accomplished syn 躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) syn 悦耳 悅耳 yuè ěr sweet-sounding / beautiful (of sound) syn 高调 高調 gāo diào high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile syn 水深 shuǐ shēn depth (of waterway) / sounding syn 搭讪 搭訕 dā shàn to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation syn 窘境 jiǒng jìng awkward situation / predicament syn 美称 美稱 měi chēng to dub with a nice-sounding appellation / fanciful moniker syn 冠冕堂皇 guān miǎn táng huáng high-sounding / dignified / pompous (idiom) syn 耳熟 ěr shú to sound familiar / familiar-sounding syn 糗事 qiǔ shì awkward incident 知难而退 知難而退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like syn 冷场 冷場 lěng chǎng stage wait / (fig.) awkward silence 犯难 犯難 fàn nán to feel embarrassed / to feel awkward syn 拿人 ná rén making things awkward / to cause difficulties / to exert influence / to attract syn 唱高调 唱高調 chàng gāo diào to sing the high part / to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom) syn 粗笨 cū bèn awkward / clumsy / unwieldy / heavy-handed syn 稚拙 zhì zhuō young and clumsy / childish and awkward 受窘 shòu jiǒng embarrassed / bothered / in an awkward position syn 拙笨 zhuō bèn clumsy / awkward / lacking skill syn 拙 zhuō awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2] syn 尬 gà (bound form) embarrassing / awkward 拙嘴笨舌 zhuō zuǐ bèn shé lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom) / awkward speaker 笨嘴笨舌 bèn zuǐ bèn shé clumsy in speaking / awkward / inarticulate 不得劲 不得勁 bù dé jìn awkward / unhandy / be indisposed / not feel well syn 通勤测深线 通勤測深線 tòng qín cè shēn xiàn transit line / line of transit / trackline of sounding / cruise line of sounding / track sounding survey 定点探测 定點探測 dìng diǎn tàn cè spot sounding / sounding 测深线方向 測深線方向 line direction / sounding line direction / direction of sounding lines 水文测量工作簿 水文測量工作簿 sounding sheet / sounding board 笨口拙舌 bèn kǒu zhuō shé awkward in speech syn 彆 biè contrary / difficult / awkward 一回生，二回熟 yī huí shēng , èr huí shú lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom) / unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers at first meeting, but soon friends / awkward at first but becoming skillful later / an acquired taste 别嘴 彆嘴 biè zuǐ mouthful (awkward speech) / tongue-twister 榔槺 láng kāng cumbersome / awkward and clumsy 腌臜 腌臢 ā zā dirty / filthy / awkward / disgusting / nauseating / Taiwan pr. [ang1 zang1] 蹇拙 jiǎn zhuō clumsy (writing) / awkward / obscure 蹇滞 蹇滯 jiǎn zhì awkward / ominous / unfavorable 蹇涩 蹇澀 jiǎn sè awkward / lame / difficulty (esp. in moving) / not smooth 下不来台 下不來臺 xià bù lái tái to be put on the spot / to find oneself in an awkward situation 尬聊 gà liáo (slang) awkward conversation / to have a cringeworthy conversation 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 假借义 假借義 jiǎ jiè yì the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and") 吴侬娇语 吳儂嬌語 wú nóng jiāo yǔ pleasant-sounding Wu dialect / also written 吳儂軟語|吴侬软语[Wu2 nong2 ruan3 yu3] 吴侬软语 吳儂軟語 wú nóng ruǎn yǔ pleasant-sounding Wu dialect 迂滞 迂滯 yū zhì high-sounding and impractical 迂阔 迂闊 yū kuò high sounding and impractical / high flown nonsense syn 先进微波探测装置 xiān jìn wēi bō tàn cè zhuāng zhì Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit 微波边缘探测法 wēi bō bian yuán tàn cè fǎ Microwave Limb Sounding 气象火箭 qì xiàng huǒ jiàn meteorological rocket / sounding rocket 红外大气探测干涉仪 Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer 高空探测站 upper-air sounding station 气球臭氧探测 balloon ozone sounding 海深图标 hǎi shēn tú biāo posted sounding 平流层探测单元 平流層探測單元 stratospheric sounding unit 全球导航卫星系统大气探测接受器 全球導航衛星系統大气探測接受器 quán qiú dǎo háng wèi xīng xì tǒng dài qì tàn cè jiē shòu qì GNSS Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding 测深基准 cè shēn jī zhǔn sounding datum / hydrographic datum 水文测量基准 水文測量基準 sounding datum / hydrographic datum 测线束测深系统 測線束測深系統 cè xiàn shù cè shēn xì tǒng swathe sounding system / swathe bathymetric system / swathe sounder 测线束测深仪 測線束測深儀 cè xiàn shù cè shēn yí swathe sounding system / swathe bathymetric system / swathe sounder 测深点密度 測深點密度 cè shēn diǎn mì duó sounding density / density of soundings / data density 数据密度 數據密度 sounding density / density of soundings / data density ping速率 sounding rate / ping rate / pulse repetition rate 信号速率 信號速率 sounding rate / ping rate / pulse repetition rate 脉冲重复 脈沖重複 sounding rate / ping rate / pulse repetition rate 多波束回声测深仪 多波束回聲測深儀 duō bō shù huí shēng cè shēn yí multibeam echo sounder / multibeam sounder / multibeam echo-sounding sytem 多波束测深仪 多波束測深儀 duō bō shù cè shēn yí multibeam echo sounder / multibeam sounder / multibeam echo-sounding sytem 多波束测深系统 多波束測深系統 duō bō shù cè shēn xì tǒng multibeam echo sounder / multibeam sounder / multibeam echo-sounding sytem 间加测深线 間加測深線 interline of sounding / interline 饱和测深 飽和測深 saturation sounding / overlapping coverage 交叠测深 交疊測深 jiāo dié cè shēn saturation sounding / overlapping coverage 直接探测传输 直接探測傳輸 Direct Sounding Transmission 交叉测深线 交叉測深線 intersecting survey line / intersecting line / checkline of sounding 订正水深 訂正水深 reduced sounding 声测间隔 聲測間隔 sounding interval 欧洲探空火箭发射场 歐洲探空火箭發射場 European Sounding Rocket Launching Range 实际水深 實際水深 shí jì shuǐ shēn actual sounding 海图水深 海圖水深 hǎi tú shuǐ shēn charted depth / charted sounding 微波探测装置 微波探測裝置 Microwave Sounding Unit 单波束回声测深 單波束回聲測深 single-beam echo sounding 测深线 測深線 line of soundings / sounding line 直接探测广播 直接探測廣播 direct sounding broadcast 美洲实验气象探空火箭网 美洲實驗氣象探空火箭網 Inter-American Experimental Meteorological Sounding Rocket Network 低端人口 dī duān rén kǒu low-paid workers in industries that offer jobs for the unskilled / derogatory-sounding abbr. for 低端產業從業人口|低端产业从业人口 刁斗 diāo dǒu soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times) 巡更 xún gēng to patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs 空耳 kōng ěr to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 "soramimi") 