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Keyword
clown
  • ugly
  • shameful
  • comedian
Frequency
#1610
Strokes
4
Readings
chǒu100%
Stroke order
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Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
丑chǒu
clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°; shameful; ugly; disgraceful
丑恶chǒu'è
ugly; repulsive
丑化chǒuhuà
to defame; to libel; to defile; to smear; to vilify
出丑chūchǒu
to make a fool of oneself
辛丑xīnchǒu
thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021; cf 辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
丑态chǒutài
shameful performance; disgraceful situation
丑角chǒujué
clown role in opera; clown; buffoon
丑小鸭chǒuxiǎoyā
(fig.) ugly duckling
家丑jiāchǒu
family scandal; skeleton in the closet
丑剧chǒujù
absurd drama; farce; disgraceful show
跳梁小丑tiàoliángxiǎochǒu
(idiom) clownish troublemaker; contemptible buffoon
丑话chǒuhuà
ugly talk; vulgarity; obscenity
献丑xiànchǒu
(used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display
丁丑dīngchǒu
fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
丑时chǒushí
1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
癸丑guǐchǒu
fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033
丢丑diūchǒu
to lose face
乙丑yǐchǒu
second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045