猥瑣

Chinese

		humble; rustic; plentiful	fragmentary; trifling
trad. (猥瑣)		猥	瑣
simp. (猥琐)		猥	琐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěisuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui¹ so², wai² so², wui² so²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěisuǒ [Phonetic: wéisuǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěisuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: wei³-so³
  - Yale: wěi-swǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeisuoo
  - Palladius: вэйсо (vɛjso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui¹ so², wai² so², wui² so²
  - Yale: wūi só, wái só, wúi só
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui¹ so², wai² so², wui² so²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui¹ so², wei² so², wui² so²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵/, /wɐi̯³⁵ sɔː³⁵/, /wuːi̯³⁵ sɔː³⁵/

Adjective

猥瑣

(of appearance) wretched; unpresentable; (of behaviour) boorish
(of appearance or behaviour) creepy; dirty; filthy; lewd

Synonyms

(creepy): (slang, neologism, especially of a middle-aged man's appearance or beheaviour) 油膩／油腻 (yóunì)

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