寒磣

See also: 寒碜

Chinese

	cold; poor; to tremble	gritty
trad. (寒磣)	寒	磣
simp. (寒碜)	寒	碜
alternative forms	寒傖／寒伧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hánchen

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ˙ㄔㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ cam²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hánchen
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ˙ㄔㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hánche̊n
  - Wade–Giles: han²-chʻên⁵
  - Yale: hán-chen
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harn.chen
  - Palladius: ханьчэнь (xanʹčɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³/
  - Homophones:
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    寒傖／寒伧
    寒磣／寒碜
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hon⁴ cam²
  - Yale: hòhn chám
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ tsam²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ cem²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ t͡sʰɐm³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    寒傖／寒伧
    寒磣／寒碜

Adjective

寒磣

(colloquial) ugly; shabby; squalid
他的房子又小又寒磣。 [MSC, trad.]
他的房子又小又寒碜。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā de fángzi yòu xiǎo yòu hánchen. [Pinyin]
His house was small and shabby.
(colloquial) shameful; disgraceful
又沒考上，寒磣死了。 [MSC, trad.]
又没考上，寒碜死了。 [MSC, simp.]
Yòu méi kǎo shàng, hánchen sǐ le. [Pinyin]
I failed the test again, how embarrassing!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 醜 (“ugly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		醜, 媸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		醜陋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	難看, 寒磣, 磣
	Taiwan	難看, 醜
	Singapore	難看, 醜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	難看, 醜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	難看, 醜, 不心疼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	難看, 醜
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	醜, 不好看
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	難看, 醜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	難看, 醜, 相壞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
	Hong Kong	難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
	Dongguan	難睞
	Yangjiang	惡看, 醜鬼
Gan	Nanchang	不客氣, 難看
Hakka	Meixian	難看, 難睞, 醜, 像鬼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	媸, 醜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	媸, 醜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	媸, 醜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	媸, 醜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	媸, 醜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	䆀
Jin	Taiyuan	難看, 醜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	驚人, 毛格式, 生得呆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	驚儂, 驚, 伓好看, 生得呆
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹看, 㾀勢
	Quanzhou	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Jinjiang	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Zhangzhou	䆀看, 㾀勢
	Taipei	歹看, 䆀, 䆀材, 㾀, 䆀猴, 㾀勢
	Kaohsiung	歹看
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹看, 䆀
	Manila (Hokkien)	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Chaozhou	孬睇, 野樣, 䆀
	Shantou	野樣
	Jieyang	野樣
	Singapore (Teochew)	歹睇
Wu	Shanghai	難看, 怕
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	怕
	Shanghai (Jiading)	怕
	Suzhou	難看, 怕
	Kunshan	難看
	Jiaxing	難看
	Hangzhou	難看
	Ningbo	難看
	Wenzhou	難覷, 否好覷, 醜
Xiang	Changsha	醜, 不好看, 不打彩
Xiang	Shuangfeng	醜, 不好看

Verb

寒磣

(colloquial) to ridicule; to embarrass