xấu xí
Pronunciation
Northern
/səw˧˥ si˧˥/
Central
/sə̰w˩˧ sḭ˩˧/
Southern
/səw˧˥ si˧˥/
Listen
ugly
Adjective
ugly
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2 Components
Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
ugly Properties & States
Having an appearance that is not pleasant or is unattractive to look at.
vi Bức tường cũ trông thật xấu xí.
en The old wall looks very ugly.
Parts
xấu / xí / A compound of xấu + xí …
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Parts
xấu / xí / A compound of xấu + xí …
OriginA compound of xấu + xí
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
瘦企
Candidates by syllable
xấu
瘦（醜）
xí
企（幟 / 廁）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
nhà xí / cờ xí / thầy xí / hố xí …
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Similar
nhà xí / cờ xí / thầy xí / hố xí …
Use
làm xấu / nói xấu / xấu hổ / xấu xa …
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Use
làm xấu / nói xấu / xấu hổ / xấu xa …