猥瑣
Chinese
| humble; rustic; plentiful | fragmentary; trifling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (猥瑣) | 猥 | 瑣 | |
| simp. (猥琐) | 猥 | 琐 | |
Etymology
Originally 嵬瑣 / 嵬琐 (wéisuǒ) in pre-Qin texts. After the Qin Dynasty the word was written like 委瑣 / 委琐. The current form was first attested much later, in 12th century.
Pronunciation
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
猥瑣
- (of appearance) wretched; unpresentable; (of behaviour) boorish
- 舊本題元伊世珍撰，語皆荒誕猥瑣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1789, Siku Quanshu Zongmu Tiyao, Vol. CXXXI
- Jiùběn tí Yuán Yī Shìzhēn zhuàn, yǔ jiē huāngdàn wěisuǒ. [Pinyin]
- Old editions attribute this book to Yuan-era Yi Shizhen as the author. Its content is filled with absurdities and vulgar language.
旧本题元伊世珍撰，语皆荒诞猥琐。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- (of appearance or behaviour) creepy; dirty; filthy; lewd