醜怪

See also: 丑怪

Chinese

		shameful; ugly; disgraceful	queer; to blame
trad. (醜怪)		醜	怪
simp. (丑怪)		丑	怪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒuguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau² gwaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǒuguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǒuguài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou³-kuai⁴
    • Yale: chǒu-gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choouguay
    • Palladius: чоугуай (čouguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau² gwaai³
    • Yale: cháu gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau² gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo² guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 醜怪

1. ugly; unsightly
2. (literary) strange in shape and form

Synonyms

• (ugly):

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