# 醜怪
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chǒuguài
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cau$^2$ gwaai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chǒuguài
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chǒuguài
*** Wade–Giles: chʻou$^3$-kuai$^4$
*** Yale: chǒu-gwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choouguay
*** Palladius: чоугуай (čouguaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^2$ gwaai$^3$
*** Yale: cháu gwaai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^2$ gwaai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^2$ guai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/

### Adjective

醜怪
* ugly; unsightly
* (literary) strange in shape and form
* (Cantonese) embarrassing
    From: 2019, 鄭欣宜 [Joyce Cheng], lyrics by 藍奕邦 [Pong Nan], 救命歌
    jyu$^4$ joek$^6$ nei$^5$ leoi$^6$ dou$^3$ zau$^6$ faai$^3$ bang$^1$ waai$^6$, jan$^4$ zau$^6$ syun$^3$ bei$^6$ kwan$^3$ zoi$^6$ mou$^4$ jan$^4$ dei$^6$ daai$^3$, bat$^1$ seoi$^1$ geng$^1$ cau$^2$ gwaai$^3$, lau$^4$ leoi$^6$ zi$^6$ gau$^3$ [Jyutping]
    If you are tired to the point of collapsing, even if you're trapped in no man's land, there is no need to be afraid of embarrassment, shed tears to save yourself

#### Synonyms

* (ugly):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 醜, 媸 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 醜陋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 難看, 寒磣, 磣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 難看, 醜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 醜, 不好看 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 難看, 醜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 難看, 醜, 相壞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 難睞 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 惡看, 醜鬼 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 不客氣, 難看 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 難看, 難睞, 醜, 像鬼 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 䆀看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 歹看, 䆀, 䆀材, 㾀, 䆀猴, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 歹看 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 歹看, 䆀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 孬睇, 野樣, 䆀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 野樣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 野樣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 歹睇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 難看, 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 怕 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 難看, 怕 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 難看 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 難看 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 難看 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 難看 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 難覷, 否好覷, 醜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 醜, 不好看, 不打彩 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 醜, 不好看 |