醜話

Chinese

		shameful; ugly; disgraceful	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (醜話)		醜	話
simp. (丑话)		丑	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒuhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau² waa^6-2 / cau² waa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǒuhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǒuhuà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou³-hua⁴
    • Yale: chǒu-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choouhuah
    • Palladius: чоухуа (čouxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau² waa^6-2 / cau² waa⁶
    • Yale: cháu wá / cháu wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau² waa^6-2 / tsau² waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo² wa^6-2 / ceo² wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ waː²²/

Noun

醜話

1. foul language; vulgar words
2. (usually humble) (my) offensive words; dysphemistic comments

   我把醜話說在前頭，你可別不高興。 [MSC, trad.]
   我把丑话说在前头，你可别不高兴。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bǎ chǒuhuà shuō zài qiántou, nǐ kě bié bù gāoxìng. [Pinyin]

   Let me say these frank words first; please don't be offended by them.

See also

• 髒話／脏话 (zānghuà)