醜女

See also: 丑女

Chinese

		shameful; ugly; disgraceful	female; woman; daughter
trad. (醜女)		醜	女
simp. (丑女)		丑	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒunǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau² neoi⁵ / cau² neoi^5-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǒunǚ [Phonetic: chóunǚ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǒunyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou³-nü³
    • Yale: chǒu-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choouneu
    • Palladius: чоунюй (čounjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau² neoi⁵ / cau² neoi^5-2
    • Yale: cháu néuih / cháu néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau² noey⁵ / tsau² noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo² nêu⁵ / ceo² nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ nɵy̯¹³/, /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 醜女

1. ugly woman

Synonyms

• 嫫母 (mómǔ)
• (Cantonese) 豬扒／猪扒 (zhūpá)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
醜	女
ぶ Grade: S	おんな Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 醜 (bu, “ugly”) +‎ 女 (onna, “woman”).

Noun

醜(ぶ)女(おんな) • (buonna) ^{←ぶをんな (bwonna)?}

1. an ugly woman

Usage notes

For the generic “ugly woman” sense, the buonna reading may be more common. The shikome reading carries overtones of supernatural terror, and may be perceived as somewhat old-fashioned. The shūjo reading is the least common, and may be the most stilted; it is also the most negative of the three readings.

Synonyms

• 醜女(しこめ) (shikome) (see below)
• 醜女(しゅうじょ) (shūjo) (see below)
• 醜婦(しゅうふ) (shūfu)
• ぶす (busu)
• おかちめんこ (okachimenko)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
醜	女
しこ Grade: S	め Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 醜 (shiko, “ugly; ferocious”) +‎ 女 (me, “woman”).

Noun

醜(しこ)女(め) • (shikome) 

1. an ugly demon-woman or hag from the underworld
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, pages 44-45:

     醜女 日本紀私紀云、醜女、志古女、欽明或説黄泉之鬼也、今世人爲恐小兒稱許々女者此語之訛也。

2. an ugly woman

Usage notes

For the generic “ugly woman” sense, the buonna reading may be more common. The shikome reading carries overtones of supernatural terror, and may be perceived as somewhat old-fashioned. The shūjo reading is the least common, and may be the most stilted; it is also the most negative of the three readings.

Synonyms

(ugly woman):

• 醜女(ぶおんな) (buonna) (see above)
• 醜女(しゅうじょ) (shūjo) (see below)
• 醜婦(しゅうふ) (shūfu)
• ぶす (busu)
• おかちめんこ (okachimenko)

See also

• 美女(びじょ) (bijo): beautiful woman
• 醜男(ぶおとこ) (buotoko): ugly man

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
醜	女
しゅう Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1
on'yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 醜女／丑女 (tsyhuw^X nrjo^X, literally “ugly + woman”). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin reading chǒu nǚ.

Noun

醜(しゅう)女(じょ) • (shūjo) ^{←しうぢよ (siudyo)?}

1. an ugly woman

Usage notes

For the generic “ugly woman” sense, the buonna reading may be more common. The shikome reading carries overtones of supernatural terror, and may be perceived as somewhat old-fashioned. The shūjo reading is the least common, and may be the most stilted; it is also the most negative of the three readings.

Synonyms

• 醜女(しこめ) (shikome) (see above)
• 醜女(しゅうじょ) (shūjo) (see above)
• 醜婦(しゅうふ) (shūfu)
• ぶす (busu)
• おかちめんこ (okachimenko)

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.