可惡

See also: 可恶

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated
trad. (可惡)		可	惡
simp. (可恶)		可	恶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěwù

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄨˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho² wu³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ho² vu¹
Eastern Min (BUC): kō̤ ó
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khó-òⁿ / khóⁿ-òⁿ / khó-ò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): ko² u³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěwù
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo³-wu⁴
  - Yale: kě-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keewuh
  - Palladius: кэу (kɛu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² wu³
  - Yale: hó wu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² wu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² wu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ wuː³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ho² vu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ vu³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kō̤ ó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³ ou²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-òⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khó-ònn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoy'vox
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ̃¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔ̃²¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /kʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ ɔ̃²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ̃²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-òⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khónn-ònn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvof'vox
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ̃¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔ̃²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-ò͘
  - Tâi-lô: khó-òo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoyox
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ko² u³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó ù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ u²¹³/

Adjective

可惡

repulsive; vile; abominable
- 你把我渾家估倒在何處，卻來我家詐誘我的寶貝？著實無禮，可惡！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  你把我浑家估倒在何处，却来我家诈诱我的宝贝？着实无礼，可恶！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE
  Nǐ bǎ wǒ húnjiā gūdǎo zài héchù, què lái wǒ jiā zhàyòu wǒ de bǎobèi? Zhúoshí wúlǐ, kěwù! [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

可憎 (kězēng)

Antonyms

可愛／可爱 (kě'ài)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (可惡):

→ Vietnamese: khả ố (可惡)

References

(Min Nan) “可惡”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
可	惡

Adjective

可惡

chữ Hán form of khả ố (“detestable”)