醜態

Chinese

		shameful; ugly; disgraceful	appearance; state; attitude appearance; state; attitude; (linguistics) voice
trad. (醜態)		醜	態
simp. (丑态)		丑	态

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chǒutài

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ ㄊㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau² taai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǒutài
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ ㄊㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǒutài
  - Wade–Giles: chʻou³-tʻai⁴
  - Yale: chǒu-tài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chooutay
  - Palladius: чоутай (čoutaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cau² taai³
  - Yale: cháu taai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau² taai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo² tai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ tʰaːi̯³³/

Noun

醜態

ugly countenance or behaviours; revolting manner; unseemly acts
buffoonery; clownism

Derived terms

醜態畢露 / 丑态毕露
醜態百出 / 丑态百出

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (醜態):

→ Japanese: 醜(しゅう)態(たい) (shūtai)
→ Korean: 추태(醜態) (chutae)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
醜	態
しゅう Grade: S	たい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
醜体

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅうたい [shùútáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨːta̠i]

Noun

醜(しゅう)態(たい) • (shūtai)

disgraceful behavior; shameful sight

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN