賤骨頭

Chinese

		inexpensive; lowly	bone; character; personal quality
trad. (賤骨頭)		賤	骨頭
simp. (贱骨头)		贱	骨头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngǔtou, jiàngútou

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ, ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin⁶ gwat¹ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zuan⁷ gug⁴ tao⁵
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhi-kueq-deu; ⁶zhi ⁷kueq-deu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngǔtou
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngǔto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-ku³-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: jyàn-gǔ-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannguu.tou
    • Palladius: цзяньгутоу (czjanʹgutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngútou
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngúto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-ku²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: jyàn-gú-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianngwu.tou
    • Palladius: цзяньгутоу (czjanʹgutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin⁶ gwat¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: jihn gwāt tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin⁶ gwat⁷ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin⁶ gued¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn²² kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zuan⁷ gug⁴ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuāⁿ kuk thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sũã¹¹ kuk̚²⁻⁴ tʰau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhi-kueq-deu; ⁶zhi ⁷kueq-deu
    • MiniDict: zhi^去 kueh deu; zhi^去 kueh^入 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxi-kueq-deu; ³xxi ⁴kueq-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑi²² kuəʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/, /ʑi³³  kuəʔ³³ dɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

賤骨頭

1. (derogatory, offensive) one who has no respect or sense of shame for oneself; miserable wretch; worthless bastard
2. (derogatory or humorous, offensive) one who willingly puts oneself through difficulty and hardship