醜小鴨

Chinese

		ugly	duckling
trad. (醜小鴨)		醜	小鴨
simp. (丑小鸭)		丑	小鸭

Etymology

Calque of English ugly duckling.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒuxiǎoyā

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau² siu² aap^3-2 / cau² siu² aap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǒuxiǎoyā [Phonetic: chóuxiǎoyā]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǒusiǎoya
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou³-hsiao³-ya¹
    • Yale: chǒu-syǎu-yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choousheauia
    • Palladius: чоусяоя (čousjaoja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau² siu² aap^3-2 / cau² siu² aap³
    • Yale: cháu síu áap / cháu síu aap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau² siu² aap^8-2 / tsau² siu² aap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo² xiu² ab^3-2 / ceo² xiu² ab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ aːp̚³⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ aːp̚³/

Noun

醜小鴨

1. (figurative) ugly duckling