醜 (cau2 | chou3) : ugly; disgraceful

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醜

cau2

chou3

[1] [adj] ugly; unsightly; abominable
[2] [adj] disgraceful; shameful; scandalous
[3] [n] disgrace; shame; scandal

丑 is also a traditional character with different meanings.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 1

Radical: 酉 (#164)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

醜 / 丑

This word has been viewed 16390 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jul 2012 11:09

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醜陋 cau2 lau6 chou3 lou4 = ugly

醜怪 cau2 gwaai3 chou3 guai4 = ugly, grotesque 粵

醜死鬼 cau2 sei2 gwai2 = embarrassing; shameful 粵

醜死 cau2 sei2 = to embarass; to shame 粵

醜樣 cau2 joeng6*2 = ugly 粵

唔知醜 m4 zi1 cau2 = shameless 粵

醜惡 cau2 ok3 chou3 e4 = ugly; repulsive

醜聞 cau2 man4 chou3 wen2 = scandal

醜事 cau2 si6 chou3 shi4 = scandal

醜化 cau2 faa3 chou3 hua4 = to defame, libel, defile, smear, vilify
See all 31 compounds (CantoDict reports 32 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 醜

佢咁醜，梗係追唔到女仔啦! 粵
He's so ugly, of course he can't get a girl(friend)!

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 醜
Unicode code for this character: U+919c (off-site link)

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