醜人多作怪

Chinese

		shameful; ugly; disgraceful	man; person; people	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to do mischief; to make trouble
trad. (醜人多作怪)		醜	人	多	作怪
simp. (丑人多作怪)		丑	人	多	作怪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chǒu rén duō zuòguài

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau² jan⁴ do¹ zok³ gwaai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhú-ngìn tô chok-koai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǒu rén duō zuòguài
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǒu rén duo zuòguài
  - Wade–Giles: chʻou³ jên² to¹ tso⁴-kuai⁴
  - Yale: chǒu rén dwō dzwò-gwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choou ren duo tzuohguay
  - Palladius: чоу жэнь до цзогуай (čou žɛnʹ do czoguaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cau² jan⁴ do¹ zok³ gwaai³
  - Yale: cháu yàhn dō jok gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau² jan⁴ do¹ dzok⁸ gwaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo² yen⁴ do¹ zog³ guai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ kʷaːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhú-ngìn tô chok-koai
  - Hakka Romanization System: cu` nginˇ do´ zog` guai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cu³ ngin² do¹ zog⁵ guai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹ ŋin¹¹ to²⁴ t͡sok̚² ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

醜人多作怪

Ugly people tend to dress up weirdly or do weird things (to get attention).
(by extension) People without enough abilities tend to show off.

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 醜人多八怪／丑人多八怪 (cau² jan⁴ do¹ baat³ gwaai³)

References

“Entry #122758”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

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