歹看

Chinese

		bad; wicked; evil	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think
trad. (歹看)		歹	看
simp. #(歹看)		歹	看
alternative forms		否看

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phái-khòaⁿ / pháiⁿ-khòaⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phái-khòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phái-khuànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phay'qvoax
    • IPA (Singapore): /pʰai⁴²⁻²⁴ kʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰuã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháiⁿ-khòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pháinn-khuànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvay'qvoax
    • IPA (Singapore): /pʰãi⁴²⁻²⁴ kʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Penang): /pʰãi⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ kʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã¹¹/

Adjective

歹看

1. (Southern Min) ugly; unsightly
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) embarrassing

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 醜 (“ugly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		醜, 媸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		醜陋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	難看, 寒磣, 磣
	Taiwan	難看, 醜
	Singapore	難看, 醜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	難看, 醜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	難看, 醜, 不心疼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	難看, 醜
	Wuhan	醜, 不好看
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	難看, 醜
	Hefei	難看, 醜, 相壞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
	Hong Kong	難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
	Dongguan	難睞
	Yangjiang	惡看, 醜鬼
Gan	Nanchang	不客氣, 難看
Hakka	Meixian	難看, 難睞, 醜, 像鬼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	媸, 醜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	媸, 醜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	媸, 醜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	媸, 醜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	媸, 醜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	䆀
Jin	Taiyuan	難看, 醜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	驚人, 毛格式, 生得呆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	驚儂, 驚, 伓好看, 生得呆
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹看, 㾀勢
	Quanzhou	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Jinjiang	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Zhangzhou	䆀看, 㾀勢
	Taipei	歹看, 䆀, 䆀材, 㾀, 䆀猴, 㾀勢
	Kaohsiung	歹看
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹看, 䆀
	Manila (Hokkien)	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Chaozhou	孬睇, 野樣, 䆀
	Shantou	野樣
	Jieyang	野樣
	Singapore (Teochew)	歹睇
Wu	Shanghai	難看, 怕
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	怕
	Shanghai (Jiading)	怕
	Suzhou	難看, 怕
	Kunshan	難看
	Jiaxing	難看
	Hangzhou	難看
	Ningbo	難看
	Wenzhou	難覷, 否好覷, 醜
Xiang	Changsha	醜, 不好看, 不打彩
	Shuangfeng	醜, 不好看

Antonyms

• 好看 (hǎokàn)

Derived terms

• 歹看相