拙劣

Chinese

		awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my	inferior
simp. and trad. (拙劣)		拙	劣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuōliè, zhuóliè

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛㄌㄧㄝˋ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut³ lyut³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choat-loat / choat-loa̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuōliè
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛㄌㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuoliè
  - Wade–Giles: cho¹-lieh⁴
  - Yale: jwō-lyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juolieh
  - Palladius: чжоле (čžole)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuóliè
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuóliè
  - Wade–Giles: cho²-lieh⁴
  - Yale: jwó-lyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwolieh
  - Palladius: чжоле (čžole)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyut³ lyut³
  - Yale: jyut lyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁸ lyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: jud³ lüd³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚³ lyːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choat-loat
  - Tâi-lô: tsuat-luat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoatload
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ luat̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choat-loa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tsuat-lua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoatloat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚³²⁻⁴ luat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚³²⁻⁵ luat̚¹²¹/

Adjective

拙劣

clumsy; inferior; of poor quality; shabby; crude

Synonyms

不善 (bùshàn)
不好
不妙 (bùmiào)
不怎麼樣 / 不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
不濟 / 不济 (bùjì)
不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
了丁 (Min Nan)
低下 (dīxià)
低劣 (dīliè)
低路 (Min Nan)
劣 (literary, or in compounds)
垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
屎 (Cantonese)
差 (chà)
差勁 / 差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
差氣 / 差气 (Hokkien)
推扳 (Shanghainese)
梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
梢跤軟蹄 / 梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
欠佳 (qiànjiā)
水皮 (seoi² pei⁴) (Cantonese)
潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
無良 / 无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
破 (pò) (colloquial)
跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
蹩腳 / 蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)
鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拙	劣
せつ Grade: S	れつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [se̞t͡sɨɾe̞t͡sɨ]

Adjective

拙(せつ)劣(れつ) • (setsuretsu) -na (adnominal 拙(せつ)劣(れつ)な (setsuretsu na), adverbial 拙(せつ)劣(れつ)に (setsuretsu ni))

poor, inferior

Antonyms

優秀(ゆうしゅう) (yūshū, “excellent, superior”)