<p><strong>Mandarin:</strong></p>

<p>你应该为自己感到羞耻 we still say it in general and it is much mild comparing to 你真不要脸</p>

<p><strong>Cantonese:</strong></p>

<p>In Cantonese we would say 你应该感到羞耻 but it is more formal, in slang/daily i usually say 我系你我會搵窿捐</p>

<p>Reference: I am a native speaker for both</p>

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2016-09-21T11:19:22.957Z
你真不要脸= you have no shame,
Tang Ho
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Anson Fong
<p>你怎么好意思
Which means why you do not feel shamed?</p>

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This is a perfectly valid answer. 你们怎么好意思downvote呢?
Wang Dingwei
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Matata
<blockquote>
  <p>你应该为自己感到羞耻</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It is a correct translation for "you should be ashamed of yourself". The reason you feel it is too formal is because it doesn't omit anything, which is very rare in actual conversations.</p>

<p>Therefore,</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>你应该感到羞耻 </p>
</blockquote>

<p>would sound much more natural. I am a native Cantonese speaker, so I would say </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>你應該覺得慚愧至係！</p>
</blockquote>

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Tang Ho
<p>I would suggest using a rhetorical question to express the emphasized tone to the next degree:</p>

<p>你难道不为自己的行为感到羞愧吗？Don't you think you are shaming yourself?</p>

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maverickpuss
<p>Maybe: 感到羞愧</p>

<p>你应该感到羞愧。 I don't think the reflexive 'yourself' is used much in Chinese.</p>

<p>For ashamed of myself there is a phrase 自惭形秽： 真让我自惭形秽。</p>

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自惭形秽 already contained in comment #2 line #1, last 3 characters + 1st character of line #2
user6065
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自惭形秽 (feel ashamed / feel unworthy) is used in a comparative sense. For example: a pretty girl may feel 自惭形秽 when standing next to a beauty queen, a rich commoner may feel 自惭形秽 when talking with a royalty.
Tang Ho
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Gangosa
<p>I would like to know what Chinese people say in general when saying "you should be ashamed of yourself". In Google translate I get the following:</p>

<h2>你应该为自己感到羞耻</h2>

<p>In my opinion this is way too formal. Is there a slang / phrase that Chinese / Cantonese people use in general?</p>

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see jukuu：   ３。你应当自惭。４。你真是不要脸！
user6065
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for precision see e.g. bkrs:   **自惭**   feel ashamed 自己感到惭愧 听了他这番话, 我更感自惭 与他相比，我自惭形秽。 Compared with him, I feel inferior.
 **不要脸** 
bùyàoliǎn
[What effrontery!lose all sense of shame; shameless] 不顾面子, 不知羞耻
不要脸的人
bù yào liǎn
to have no sense of shame
shameless
不知羞耻（骂人的话）。
bù yào liǎn
骂人不知羞耻。
如：「你真是个不要脸的东西！」
不顾面子，不知羞耻。
bù yào liǎn
shameless; brazen; have no sense of shame; no shame at all:
真不要脸! What a nerve!; Shame on you!
只有不要脸的人才能做出这样不要脸的事。 Only those who have no sense of shame can do such shameful things.
user6065
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How would one say: "You should be ashamed of yourself." in Mandarin and Cantonese?
# How would one say: "You should be ashamed of yourself." in Mandarin and Cantonese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-09-20)

I would like to know what Chinese people say in general when saying "you should be ashamed of yourself". In Google translate I get the following:

## 你应该为自己感到羞耻

In my opinion this is way too formal. Is there a slang / phrase that Chinese / Cantonese people use in general?

**Tags:** mandarin, cantonese, phrase
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: see jukuu：   ３。你应当自惭。４。你真是不要脸！  
> **username_1**: for precision see e.g. bkrs:   **自惭**   feel ashamed 自己感到惭愧 听了他这番话, 我更感自惭 与他相比，我自惭形秽。 Compared with him, I feel inferior.  **不要脸**  bùyàoliǎn [What effrontery!lose all sense of shame; shameless] 不顾面子, 不知羞耻 不要脸的人 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame shameless 不知羞耻（骂人的话）。 bù yào liǎn 骂人不知羞耻。 如：「你真是个不要脸的东西！」 不顾面子，不知羞耻。 bù yào liǎn shameless; brazen; have no sense of shame; no shame at all: 真不要脸! What a nerve!; Shame on you! 只有不要脸的人才能做出这样不要脸的事。 Only those who have no sense of shame can do such shameful things.  

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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-09-21. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

**Mandarin:**

你应该为自己感到羞耻 we still say it in general and it is much mild comparing to 你真不要脸

**Cantonese:**

In Cantonese we would say 你应该感到羞耻 but it is more formal, in slang/daily i usually say 我系你我會搵窿捐

Reference: I am a native speaker for both

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: 你真不要脸= you have no shame,  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2016-09-26. Score: 3

你怎么好意思
Which means why you do not feel shamed?

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: This is a perfectly valid answer. 你们怎么好意思downvote呢?  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-09-21. Score: 1

> 你应该为自己感到羞耻

It is a correct translation for "you should be ashamed of yourself". The reason you feel it is too formal is because it doesn't omit anything, which is very rare in actual conversations.

Therefore,

> 你应该感到羞耻

would sound much more natural. I am a native Cantonese speaker, so I would say

> 你應該覺得慚愧至係！


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### Answer by username_6 on 2016-09-21. Score: 1

I would suggest using a rhetorical question to express the emphasized tone to the next degree:

你难道不为自己的行为感到羞愧吗？Don't you think you are shaming yourself?


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### Answer by username_7 on 2016-09-21. Score: 1

Maybe: 感到羞愧

你应该感到羞愧。 I don't think the reflexive 'yourself' is used much in Chinese.

For ashamed of myself there is a phrase 自惭形秽： 真让我自惭形秽。

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 自惭形秽 already contained in comment #2 line #1, last 3 characters + 1st character of line #2  
> **username_3**: 自惭形秽 (feel ashamed / feel unworthy) is used in a comparative sense. For example: a pretty girl may feel 自惭形秽 when standing next to a beauty queen, a rich commoner may feel 自惭形秽 when talking with a royalty.  

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