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窘迫

jiǒng pò
embarrassed, hard‐pressed, very poor
adjective

Example Sentences

他感到非常窘迫。
tā gǎndào fēicháng jiǒngpò 。
He feels very embarrassed.
在那个窘迫的情况下，我不知道该怎么做。
zài nàgè jiǒngpò de qíngkuàng xià ， wǒ bùzhīdào gāi zěnme zuò 。
In that embarrassing situation, I didn't know what to do.
这家公司正处于窘迫的境地。
zhè jiā gōngsī zhèng chǔyú jiǒngpò de jìngdì 。
This company is in a hard-pressed situation.

Individual Characters

Words with similar meanings

尴尬gāngà
awkward
尴尬 is often used to describe situations that are socially uncomfortable or embarrassing, focusing on the social aspect of embarrassment.
困窘kùnjiǒng
difficult
困窘 emphasizes a state of being in a difficult or tight spot, similar to feeling hard-pressed.

Words Ending With 迫

从容不迫cóng róng bù pò
calm; unruffled
压迫yā pò
to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics)
强迫qiǎng pò
to compel; to force
紧迫jǐn pò
pressing; urgent
逼迫bī pò
to force; to compel; to coerce

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Individual Characters

窘jiǒng
distressed, embarrassed
迫pò
to persecute, to oppress