秀逗

Chinese

		to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show	stay; stop; to pause (while reading) stay; stop; to pause (while reading); to tease (play with)
trad. (秀逗)		秀	逗
simp. ^#(秀逗)		秀	逗

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ショート (shōto, “to short-circuit”), from English short. Cognate with Hong Kong Cantonese short.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiùdòu, xiùdou

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄡˋ, ㄒㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄉㄡ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sió-tò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiùdòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siòudòu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-tou⁴
  - Yale: syòu-dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowdow
  - Palladius: сюдоу (sjudou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiùdòur
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄡˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siòudòur
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-tou⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: syòu-dòur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowdowl
  - Palladius: сюдоур (sjudour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiùdou
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄉㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siòudo̊u
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-tou⁵
  - Yale: syòu-dou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiow.dou
  - Palladius: сюдоу (sjudou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ d̥oʊ̯¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sió-tò
  - Hakka Romanization System: xio^ˋ do^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xio³ do²
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯o³¹ to¹¹/

Verb

秀逗

(electronics, colloquial, chiefly Taiwan) to short-circuit
(figurative, colloquial, humorous) to have a mental lapse; to be addled
阿搭馬秀逗／阿搭马秀逗 ― ādāmǎ xiùdòu ― crazy (from Japanese 頭ショート)