尷尬

Etymology
The original form,, was in the ancient dictionary of  and was discernibly an ideophonic, disyllabic word of reduplicative nature.

The term 尲尬 seemed to have fallen into disuse by medieval times, except dialectally, in the Wu region. The dialectal form of it was revived in literature in the form of 尷尬 since the, and the colloquial Mandarin pronunciation gāngà was borrowed thence.

Adjective

 * 1)  awkward; embarrassing; uncomfortable
 * 2)  embarrassed; uneasy; sheepish; flustered
 * 3)  unusual; sneaky; strange
 * 4)  impoverished; poor
 * 5)  irresolute; unreasonable
 * 1)  embarrassed; uneasy; sheepish; flustered
 * 2)  unusual; sneaky; strange
 * 3)  impoverished; poor
 * 4)  irresolute; unreasonable
 * 1)  irresolute; unreasonable