丑 - chǒu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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16 strokes
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醜 (丑)

chǒu

Definition

shameful
ugly
disgraceful

Character Decomposition

Related words (23)

scandal

absurd drama; farce; disgraceful show

醜化

chǒu huà

to defame; to libel; to defile; to smear; to vilify

醜態

chǒu tài

shameful performance; disgraceful situation

grotesque

ugly; repulsive

ugly expression; unsightly manners

villain; evil person

scandal

to slander

ugly talk; vulgarity; obscenity

scandal

ugly

ugly person

ugly duckling

shameful; scandalous; to be humiliated; to make a fool of sb or oneself; to make sb lose face

to disfigure

grotesque; extremely ugly; hideous

家醜

jiā chǒu

family scandal; skeleton in the closet

露醜

lòu chǒu

to make a fool of oneself

矮醜窮

ǎi chǒu qióng

undesirable boyfriend (i.e. short, ugly and poor) (Internet slang); the opposite of 高富帥

奇醜無比

qí chǒu wú bǐ

extremely ugly; incomparably hideous

么麼小醜

yāo mó xiǎo chǒu

insignificant wretch

Idioms (3)

醜妻近地家中寶

chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo

an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)

家醜不可外傳

jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán

(lit.) family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

家醜不可外揚

jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng

(lit.) family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); (fig.) don't wash your dirty linen in public

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