醜人多作怪

Chinese

		shameful; ugly; disgraceful	man; person; people	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to do mischief; to make trouble
trad. (醜人多作怪)		醜	人	多	作怪
simp. (丑人多作怪)		丑	人	多	作怪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒu rén duō zuòguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau² jan⁴ do¹ zok³ gwaai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhú-ngìn tô chok-koai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǒu rén duō zuòguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǒu rén duo zuòguài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou³ jên² to¹ tso⁴-kuai⁴
    • Yale: chǒu rén dwō dzwò-gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choou ren duo tzuohguay
    • Palladius: чоу жэнь до цзогуай (čou žɛnʹ do czoguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau² jan⁴ do¹ zok³ gwaai³
    • Yale: cháu yàhn dō jok gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau² jan⁴ do¹ dzok⁸ gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo² yen⁴ do¹ zog³ guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ kʷaːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhú-ngìn tô chok-koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˋ ngin^ˇ do^ˊ zog^ˋ guai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu³ ngin² do¹ zog⁵ guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹ ŋin¹¹ to²⁴ t͡sok̚² ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

醜人多作怪

1. Ugly people tend to dress up weirdly or do weird things (to get attention).
2. (by extension) People without enough abilities tend to show off.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 醜人多八怪／丑人多八怪 (cau² jan⁴ do¹ baat³ gwaai³)

References

• “Entry #122758”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.