赤裸裸

赤裸裸

Chinese

		to be naked; to be nude; to bare	naked
simp. and trad. (赤裸裸)		赤裸	裸

Etymology

ABB-type reduplication of 赤裸 (chìluǒ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìluǒluǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄌㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ lo² lo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìluǒluǒ [Phonetic: chìluóluǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄌㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhluǒluǒ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-lo³-lo³
    • Yale: chr̀-lwǒ-lwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhluooluoo
    • Palladius: чилоло (čilolo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ lwɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ lo² lo²
    • Yale: chek ló ló
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ lo² lo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ lo² lo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ lɔː³⁵ lɔː³⁵/

Adjective

赤裸裸

1. (ideophonic) stark-naked; bare; naked
2. (figurative, often of a contemptible action) plain; pure; undisguised; unadorned

   赤裸裸的敲詐／赤裸裸的敲诈  ―  chìluǒluǒ de qiāozhà  ―  blatant blackmailing behaviour

   • 假裝了解是怕　真相太赤裸裸　狼狽比失去難受 [MSC, trad.]
     假装了解是怕　真相太赤裸裸　狼狈比失去难受 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2007, 孫燕姿 (lyrics 姚若龍), 《我懷念的》

     jiǎzhuāng liǎojiě shì pà, zhēnxiàng tài chìluǒluǒ, lángbèi bǐ shīqù nánshòu [Pinyin]

     I feign to understand, for I am afraid,
     That the truth is too naked and transparent,
     And being helpless is more painful than losing.

Synonyms

• (humorous, slang) 紅果果／红果果 (hóngguǒguǒ), 赤果果 (chìguǒguǒ)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
赤	裸	裸

Noun

赤裸裸 • (jeongnara) (hangeul 적나라)

1. Hanja form^? of 적나라 (“Root of 적나라하다 (jeongnarahada). Rarely used alone.”).