丑 (醜)
chǒu
Pinyin

Definition

丑 (醜)
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chǒu
  1. shameful
  2. ugly
  3. disgraceful
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chǒu
  1. clown
  2. 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox
  3. ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
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Chǒu
  1. surname Chou

Character Decomposition

Compounds (14)

niǔ
  1. 1 to turn
  2. 2 to wrench
  3. 3 button
  4. 4 nu (Greek letter Νν)
niǔ
  1. 1 to turn
  2. 2 to twist
  3. 3 to wring
  4. 4 to sprain
  5. 5 to swing one's hips
xiū
  1. 1 shy
  2. 2 ashamed
  3. 3 shame
  4. 4 bashful
  5. 5 variant: 馐 xiū
  6. 6 delicacies
Niǔ
  1. 1 surname Niu
niǔ
  1. 1 button

Related Words (20)

Chǒu
  1. 1 surname Chou
xiǎo chǒu
  1. 1 clown
xīn chǒu
  1. 1 thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021
  2. 2 cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
chǒu è
  1. 1 ugly
  2. 2 repulsive
chǒu wén
  1. 1 scandal

Idioms (6)

家丑不可外传
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán
  1. 1 lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
家丑不可外传,流言切莫轻信
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn
  1. 1 Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
  2. 2 Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
家丑不可外扬
jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng
  1. 1 lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
丑人多作怪
chǒu rén duō zuò guài
  1. 1 ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
丑妻近地家中宝
chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo
  1. 1 an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)

Sample Sentences

想壁咚她吗?你这个变态!你不知道人帅真好,人丑性骚扰吗?
xiǎng bìdōng tā ma ?nǐ zhè ge biàntài !nǐ bù zhīdào rén shuài zhēn hǎo ,rén chǒu xìngsāorǎo ma ?
shove her against a wall? You pervert! Haven't you heard the expression - if you're good looking it's okay, if you're not, it's sexual harassment.
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哦,我美丽的皇后,小的错了。网红指的就是“网络红人”,他们是随着网络经济的发展而形成并不断完善壮大的,网红要走红,不是非得符合大众的“审美观”,也可以另辟蹊径,只要迎合网民喜好娱乐、刺激、实用,甚至“审丑”的心态即可。
ò ,wǒ měilì de huánghòu ,xiǎo de cuò le 。wǎnghóng zhǐ de jiùshì “wǎngluò hóngrén ”,tāmen shì suízhe wǎngluò jīngjì de fāzhǎn ér xíngchéng bìng bùduàn wánshàn zhuàngdà de ,wǎnghóng yào zǒuhóng ,bùshì fēiděi fúhé dàzhòng de “shěnměiguān ”,yě kěyǐ lìngpìxījìng ,zhǐyào yínghé wǎngmín xǐhào yúlè 、cìjī 、shíyòng ,shènzhì “shěnchǒu ”de xīntài jí kě 。
Oh. My beautiful queen, I, your humble servant, have erred. Internet stars, are people who get popular on the internet. As the internet economy has developed and become ever more robust and expansive, internet celebrities have gotten popular online, and don't necessarily have to meet public standards of beauty; they can also take an alternative route, they just have to cater to the entertainment, excitement or practical demands of netizens. You can even approach it with an "ugly aesthetic" in mind.
贺总好有才学,我的小玩笑倒是献丑了。
Hè zǒng hǎo yǒu cáixué ,wǒ de xiǎowánxiào dàoshì xiànchǒu le 。
Mr Manager is very learned, while my little jokes are more vulgar.
你是不是忘记上星期有暴雨,产地受创,菜都泡烂了,前几天蔬菜又丑又贵,今天好不容易质量恢复正常。
nǐ shì bùshì wàngjì shàng xīngqī yǒu bàoyǔ ,chǎndì shòuchuàng ,cài dōu pàolàn le ,qiánjǐtiān shūcài yòu chǒu yòu guì ,jīntiān hǎobùróngyì zhìliàng huīfù zhèngcháng 。
Aren't you forgetting that last week there was a rainstorm which damaged fields, so the crops were all destroyed. For the last few days vegetables have been both scrawny-looking and expensive. Today at last the quality has been brought back to normal.
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最近看了一个日本综艺节目,他们发明了一个新词叫“手机丑女”。
zuìjìn kàn le yī gè Rìběn zōngyìjiémù ,tāmen fāmíng le yī gè xīncí jiào “shǒujī chǒu nǚ ”。
Recently I watched a Japanese variety show, and they invented a new word called "cell phone ugly women".
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什么意思?是说,用手机会变丑?
shénme yìsi ?shì shuō ,yòng shǒujī huì biànchǒu ?
What does it mean? Does it mean that you'll turn ugly if you use your cell phone?
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怎么可能?你说说看,手机是怎么让人变丑的?
zěnme kěnéng ?nǐ shuō shuō kàn ,shǒujī shì zěnme ràngrén biànchǒu de ?
How is that possible? Tell me how cell phones can make people ugly.
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好丑
hǎo chǒu
(spoken as háo chǒu) very ugly
哎,说到服务差,哪家都比不上春秋,座位挤,空乘丑,飞机餐干脆就没有。
āi ,shuōdào fúwù chà ,nǎ jiā dōu bǐbushàng chūnqiū ,zuòwèi jǐ ,kōngchéng chǒu ,fēijīcān gāncuì jiù méiyǒu 。
Ah, well, speaking of bad service, no one can beat Spring Airlines, the seats are cramped, the air hostesses are ugly and they don't even have meals.
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猴年的吉祥物丑得不要不要的。
hóu nián de jíxiángwù chǒu de bù yào bù yào de 。
The year of the monkey mascot is beyond ugly.
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