孬

Translingual

Han character

孬 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一火女弓木 (MFVND), four-corner 1044₇, composition ⿱不好)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 280, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6989
• Dae Jaweon: page 548, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 18, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5B6C

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Chinese

trad.		孬
simp. #		孬

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 不 (“no, not”) + 好 (“good, well”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nāo (nao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nao¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nao
    • Wade–Giles: nao¹
    • Yale: nāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhau
    • Palladius: нао (nao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: naau⁶
    • Yale: naauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nao⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 孬

1. (informal, regional) not good
2. cowardly, contemptible

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mo²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou²
    • Yale: bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oāi
    • Tâi-lô: uāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uai³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mo²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 孬

1. (informal, regional) not good

   好抑是孬 [Teochew]  ―  ho² a¹ si⁶ mo² [Peng'im]  ―  good or not

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 孬

1. (Sichuanese) not good

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 孬 (nao)

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