Where does “xấu hổ” come from?

xấu hổ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hồ, from Chinese 戶, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-k(w)a-j — mouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...

xấu hổ (Vietnamese): to be ashamed; to be embarrassed

Definitions

  1. to be ashamed; to be embarrassed

Ancestry of “xấu hổ”, step by step

xấu hổ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hồ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehồlake; glue
2Chinese戶—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-k(w)a-jmouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...

via Vietnamese xấu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexấuugly; hideous; bad; of low quality; bad; devious
2Chinese醜—

Words derived from “xấu hổ”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-k(w)a-j →Every word from Chinese 戶 →Every word from Vietnamese hồ →
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