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Translingual
Han character
孬 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一火女弓木 (MFVND), four-corner 10447, composition ⿱不好)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 280, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6989
- Dae Jaweon: page 548, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 18, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5B6C
Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 不 (“no, not”) + 好 (“good, well”).
Etymology 1
In some varieties, 不 + 好.
For Hangzhounese "cannot", see 好.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Standarin: contraction of something with 好?”)
Pronunciation
Definitions
孬
- (regional, informal) not good
- (regional, informal) cowardly, contemptible
- (Hangzhounese) cannot
Compounds
Etymology 2
Contraction of 唔好.
Pronunciation
Definitions
孬
- (Teochew, Zhao'an Hokkien) not good; bad; poor
- 好抑是孬 [Teochew] ― ho2 a1 si6 mo2 [Peng'im] ― good or not
- 孬人 [Teochew] ― mo2 nang5 [Peng'im] ― bad person
- 孬食死 [Teochew] ― mo2 ziah8 si2 [Peng'im] ― very hard to stomach
- (Teochew) rude; unreasonable
- (Teochew) cannot; may not
- (Teochew) don't
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
壞 (“bad; not good”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
惡
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
壞
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
壞, 賴
|
| Taiwan
|
壞
|
| Malaysia
|
壞
|
| Singapore
|
壞
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
壞, 孬, 賴
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Xi'an
|
瞎, 壞
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
壞
|
| Wuhan
|
壞, 拐
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Yangzhou
|
壞
|
| Hefei
|
壞
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
壞, 弊, 衰
|
| Hong Kong
|
壞, 衰
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
衰
|
| Yangjiang
|
壞
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
衰
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
衰
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
壞
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
壞
|
| Wuhua (Meilin)
|
衰
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
賴, 壞
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
壞, 獰
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
呆, 否
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
歹, 䆀
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
歹
|
| Quanzhou
|
歹
|
| Jinjiang
|
歹
|
| Nan'an
|
歹
|
| Shishi
|
歹
|
| Zhangzhou
|
䆀
|
| Zhao'an
|
䆀, 孬
|
| Tainan
|
歹
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
䆀, 歹
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
歹
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
歹
|
| Datian
|
歹
|
| Chaozhou
|
孬
|
| Shantou
|
孬
|
| Jieyang
|
孬, 歹
|
| Puning
|
孬
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
歹, 孬
|
| Leizhou
|
㾀
|
| Wenchang
|
㾀
|
| Haikou
|
㾀
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
㾀
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
壞, 恘
|
| Suzhou
|
壞, 恘
|
| Ningbo
|
歪, 推扳, 嘸做
|
| Wenzhou
|
毛
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
壞, 拐
|
| Shuangfeng
|
壞, 拐
|
Dialectal synonyms of
別 (“do not”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
勿, 莫1, 毋, 無
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
別, 不要, 勿, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
別, 別價
|
| Taiwan
|
別, 不要
|
| Harbin
|
別
|
| Malaysia
|
不要
|
| Singapore
|
不要
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
別
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
嫑, 甭1, 休
|
| Wanrong
|
嫑, 不要
|
| Xi'an
|
嫑, 不敢
|
| Xining
|
嫑
|
| Xuzhou
|
嫑, 休
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Lanzhou
|
不要
|
| Ürümqi
|
嫑
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
莫1, 不要, 嫑
|
| Wuhan
|
莫1, 不
|
| Guiyang
|
不要
|
| Guilin
|
莫1
|
| Liuzhou
|
莫1, 莫要
|
| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
|
莫1
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
不要
|
| Yangzhou
|
莫1, 不要
|
| Hefei
|
別, 不要
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
咪, 咪個, 唔好
|
| Hong Kong
|
咪, 唔好, 冇
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
唔好
|
| Macau
|
唔要
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
咪
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
咪
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
唔好
|
| Taishan
|
唔好
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
唔好
|
| Dongguan
|
咪, 唔好
|
| Shaoguan
|
咪
|
| Yunfu
|
咪, 唔好
|
| Yangjiang
|
莫1, 無好
|
| Xinyi
|
毛
|
| Lianjiang
|
冇
|
| Nanning
|
冇要
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
咪
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
咪, 唔好
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
莫1
|
| Lichuan
|
毋要, 不要
|
| Pingxiang
|
不要
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
莫1, 毋愛, 毋好
|
| Xingning
|
毋愛
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
毋好
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
毋好
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
毋好
|
| Changting
|
毋要
|
| Liancheng
|
毋要
|
| Ninghua
|
毋要
|
| Yudu
|
毋要, 毋敢
|
| Ruijin
|
毋要
|
| Shicheng
|
毋要
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
毋要
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
毋好
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
毋好
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
毋好
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
毋好
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
毋好
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
毋好
|
| Hong Kong
|
毋好
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
毋愛
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
毋好
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
唔愛
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
不要, 嫑
|
| Shexian
|
不要, 嫑
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
不要, 嫑
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
不要, 不敢
|
| Xinzhou
|
不要, 嫑, 播
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
伓敢
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
伓通, 毋
|
| Fuqing
|
伓通
|
| Matsu
|
毋
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
毋通, 毋愛, 莫2, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
|
| Quanzhou
|
毋通, 毋愛, 甭2, 莫用, 汰
|
| Zhangzhou
|
毋通, 莫2, 甭2, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
|
| Zhao'an
|
孬
|
| Taipei
|
莫2
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
莫去
|
| Kaohsiung
|
莫2
|
| Yilan
|
毋通, 莫2
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
莫2
|
| Tainan
|
莫2, 甭2
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
莫2, 毋通, 甭2
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
莫2, 毋通, 甭2
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
毋通, 甭2
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
別
|
| Chaozhou
|
孬, 莫2
|
| Shantou
|
孬, 莫2
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
莫2
|
| Jieyang
|
孬, 莫2
|
| Haifeng
|
莫2
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
孬
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
孬
|
| Penang (Teochew)
|
莫2
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
莫2, 孬
|
| Leizhou
|
無地
|
| Haikou
|
無用, 莫2, 無莫
|
| Qionghai
|
無用
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
無用
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
冇要
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
勿要, 𧟰
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
拗
|
| Suzhou
|
𧟰
|
| Wuxi
|
𧟰
|
| Nantong (Haimen)
|
拗, 拗要, 弗要
|
| Danyang
|
弗要, 𫸻
|
| Hangzhou
|
嫑
|
| Hangzhou (Yuhang)
|
弗要, 消, 𧟰
|
| Ningbo
|
莫, 甮
|
| Wenzhou
|
𧟰
|
| Lishui
|
⿰毋樂
|
| Qingyuan
|
⿰否樂
|
| Jinhua
|
𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
莫1, 不要
|
| Loudi
|
不要, 莫1
|
| Shuangfeng
|
莫1
|
| Quanzhou
|
別
|
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
孬
- (Sichuanese) not good; bad; inferior
Vietnamese
Han character
孬: Hán Việt readings: nạo[1], khoái[2]
孬: Nôm readings: nao[3]
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References