| jiǒng | distressed/embarrassed |
| 窘 | distressed embarrassed |
| 窘促 | poverty-stricken; hard pressed; embarrassed; in a predicament |
| 窘况 | predicament; difficult situation |
| 窘匮 | destitute impoverished |
| 窘口无言 | The distressed mouth said nothing. |
| 窘困 | gob-struck |
| 窘困潦倒 | to be miserably poor and greatly disappointed |
| 窘境 | awkward situation predicament |
| 窘态 | embarrassed look |
| 窘相 | embarrassed look |
| 窘迫 | poverty-stricken very poor hard-pressed |