家醜

家醜

See also: 家丑

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	shameful; ugly; disgraceful
trad. (家醜)		家	醜
simp. (家丑)		家	丑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāchǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄔㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ cau²
• Min Nan (POJ): ka-thiú / ka-chhiú / kee-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāchǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄔㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiachǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-chʻou³
    • Yale: jyā-chǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiachoou
    • Palladius: цзячоу (czjačou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ cau²
    • Yale: gā cháu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ tsau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ ceo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-thiú
    • Tâi-lô: ka-thiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'tiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ tʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: ka-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kachiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee-siú
    • Tâi-lô: kee-siú
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiu⁵³/

Noun

家醜

1. skeleton in the closet; family skeleton; family scandal (that family members try to keep secret)

Derived terms

家醜不可外揚／家丑不可外扬 (jiāchǒu bùkě wàiyáng)