心虛 [－虚]

Jyutping sam1 heoi1
Pinyin xīn xū

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lacking in confidence
  2. diffident
  3. to have a guilty conscience
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    做​咗​啲​唔​見​得​光​嘅​事​，​驚​畀​人​發現
    having a guilty conscience; afraid of being discovered, esp. sth unfavourable or evil
    • 你做乜咁驚唧，你心虛呀？
      你做乜咁惊唧，你心虚呀？
      nei5 zou6 mat1 gam3 geng1 zek1, nei5 sam1 heoi1 aa3?
      Why are you so frightened? Are you afraid of being found out?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    afraid of being found out with a guilty conscience
  2. adj
    lacking confidence
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢一听到警察要嚟就话有事走先，分明系作贼心虚啦。
    佢一聽到警察要嚟就話有事走先，分明係作賊心虛啦。
    keoi5 jat1 teng1 dou2 ging2 caat3 jiu3 lai4 zau6 waa6 jau5 si6 zau2 sin1, fan1 ming4 hai6 zok3 caak6 sam1 heoi1 laa1.
    • Once he heard that the police are coming, he said he had to go. I bet he's afraid that they'll find out what he did.
  2. Cantonese
    你做乜咁惊唧，你心虚呀？
    你做乜咁驚唧，你心虛呀？
    nei5 zou6 mat1 gam3 geng1 zek1, nei5 sam1 heoi1 aa3?
    • Why are you so frightened? Are you afraid of being found out?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    但是他们做贼心虚，怕共产党阻挡他们的去路，更怕老百姓骂汉奸。
    但是他們做賊心虛，怕共產黨阻擋他們的去路，更怕老百姓罵漢奸。
    dàn shì tā men zuò zéi xīn xū ， pà gòng chǎn dǎng zǔ dǎng tā men de qù lù ， gèng pà lǎo bǎi xìng mà hàn jiān ．
    • But, with the cowardice of thieves, they fear that the Communists will block their exit and, what is more, that the common people will brand them as traitors.