礙〔碍〕 ngoi⁶ {ài}

1. to hinder
2. to obstruct
3. to block

礙口〔碍-〕 ngoi⁶ hau² {ài kǒu}

1. to shy to speak out
2. tongue-tied
3. to hesitate
4. too embarrassing for words

礙難〔碍难〕 ngoi⁶ naan⁴ {ài nán}

1. inconvenient
2. difficult for some reason
3. to find sth embarrassing

礙眼〔碍-〕 ngoi⁶ ngaan⁵ {ài yǎn}

1. to be offending to the eye
2. an eye-sore
3. in the way

礙事〔碍-〕 ngoi⁶ si⁶ {ài shì}

1. (usu used in the negative) to be of importance or to matter
2. to be in the way
3. to be a hindrance

礙面子〔碍--〕 ngoi⁶ min⁶ zi² {ài miàn zi}

(not do sth) for fear of offending sb

礙胃口〔碍--〕 ngoi⁶ wai⁶ hau² {ài wèi kǒu}

to impair the appetite

礙口識羞〔碍-识-〕 ngoi⁶ hau² sik¹ sau¹ {ài kǒu shí xiū}

tongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom)

礙難從命〔碍难从-〕 ngoi⁶ naan⁴ cung⁴ ming⁶ {ài nán cóng mìng}

difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply

礙手礙腳〔碍-碍脚〕 ngoi⁶ sau² ngoi⁶ goek³ {ài shǒu ài jiǎo}

1. to be in the way
2. to be a hindrance