ずうずうしい

zuuzuushii

impudent
shameless

い-adjective

Also written 図々しい

Chinese meanings

厚颜无耻；厚脸皮

Examples

Furigana

よくずうずうしくそんな事が言えるね。
How dare you say such a thing!
你怎么能厚着脸皮说那样的话？
Tatoeba #192818
彼かれはずうずうしくも金かねを貸かせといった。
He had the nerve to ask for money.
他厚着脸皮要求借钱。
Tatoeba #113496

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e85f343bd9'); // ずうずうしい

{
  "id": "e85f343bd9",
  "word": "ずうずうしい",
  "reading": "ずうずうしい",
  "romaji": "zuuzuushii",
  "meanings": [
    "impudent",
    "shameless"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1595940,
  "other_forms": [
    "図々しい"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "よくずうずうしくそんな事が言えるね。",
      "en": "How dare you say such a thing!",
      "tatoeba_id": 192818
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼はずうずうしくも金を貸せといった。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はずうずうしくも{金|かね}を{貸|か}せといった。",
      "en": "He had the nerve to ask for money.",
      "tatoeba_id": 113496
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "1d65c96e276d7bf63c0699409918e848f45ab9db205fb9386d6ea0830b0af891",
    "meanings": [
      "厚颜无耻",
      "厚脸皮"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "よくずうずうしくそんな事が言えるね。",
        "zh": "你怎么能厚着脸皮说那样的话？"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼はずうずうしくも金を貸せといった。",
        "zh": "他厚着脸皮要求借钱。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/e85f343bd9",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1595940; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "4d0c9c177343c0e7bfe063520bc59085c5914f0e5c22ec42352908bde634529f"
  }
}