孬

孬 U+5B6C, 孬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B6C
← 孫
[U+5B6B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 孭 →
[U+5B6D]

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
trad. 孬
simp. # 孬

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

  1. (regional, informal) not good
  2. (regional, informal) cowardly, contemptible
  3. (Hangzhounese) cannot

Compounds

Etymology 2

Contraction of 唔好.

Pronunciation

Definitions

孬

  1. (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
  2. (Teochew) rude; unreasonable
  3. (Teochew) cannot; may not
  4. (Teochew) don't
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 壞 (“bad; not good”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 惡
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 壞
Mandarin Beijing 壞, 賴
Taiwan 壞
Jinan 壞, 孬, 賴
Xi'an 瞎, 壞
Wuhan 壞, 拐
Chengdu 壞
Yangzhou 壞
Hefei 壞
Malaysia 壞
Singapore 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
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”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 勿, 莫1, 毋, 無
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 別, 不要, 勿, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong
Mandarin Beijing 別, 別價
Taiwan 別, 不要
Harbin 別
Yantai (Muping) 別
Jinan 別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
Luoyang 嫑, 甭1, 休
Wanrong 嫑, 不要
Xi'an 嫑, 不敢
Lanzhou 不要
Xining 嫑
Ürümqi 嫑
Wuhan 莫1, 不
Chengdu 莫1, 不要, 嫑
Guiyang 不要
Guilin 莫1
Liuzhou 莫1, 莫要
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 莫1
Xuzhou 嫑, 休
Yangzhou 莫1, 不要
Nanjing 不要
Hefei 別, 不要
Malaysia 不要
Singapore 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
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
Quanzhou 毋通, 毋愛, 甭2, 莫用
Zhangzhou 毋通, 莫2, 甭2, 𱰠, 莫用
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
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
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

Pronunciation

Definitions

孬

  1. (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
  1. Trần (1999).
  2. Nguyễn (1974).
  3. Trần (2004).
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