猥瑣

Chinese

		humble; rustic; plentiful	fragmentary; trifling
trad. (猥瑣)		猥	瑣
simp. (猥琐)		猥	琐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěisuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui¹ so² / wai² so² / wui² so²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěisuǒ [Phonetic: wéisuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěisuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-so³
    • Yale: wěi-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeisuoo
    • Palladius: вэйсо (vɛjso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui¹ so² / wai² so² / wui² so²
    • Yale: wūi só / wái só / wúi só
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui¹ so² / wai² so² / wui² so²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui¹ so² / wei² so² / wui² so²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵/, /wɐi̯³⁵ sɔː³⁵/, /wuːi̯³⁵ sɔː³⁵/

Adjective

猥瑣

1. (of appearance) wretched; unpresentable; (of behaviour) boorish
2. (of appearance or behaviour) creepy; dirty; filthy; lewd

Synonyms

• (creepy): (slang, neologism, especially of a middle-aged man's appearance or beheaviour) 油膩／油腻 (yóunì)