秀逗

Chinese

		to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show	stay; stop; to pause (while reading) stay; stop; to pause (while reading); to tease (play with)
trad. (秀逗)		秀	逗
simp. #(秀逗)		秀	逗

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ショート (shōto, “to short-circuit”), from English short. Cognate with Hong Kong Cantonese short.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiùdòu, xiùdou

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄡˋ, ㄒㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄉㄡ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sió-tò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiùdòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòudòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-tou⁴
    • Yale: syòu-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowdow
    • Palladius: сюдоу (sjudou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiùdòur
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄡˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòudòur
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-tou⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: syòu-dòur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowdowl
    • Palladius: сюдоур (sjudour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiùdou
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄉㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòudo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-tou⁵
    • Yale: syòu-dou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiow.dou
    • Palladius: сюдоу (sjudou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ d̥oʊ̯¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sió-tò
    • Hakka Romanization System: xio` doˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xio³ do²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯o³¹ to¹¹/

Verb

秀逗

1. (electronics, colloquial, chiefly Taiwan) to short-circuit
2. (figurative, colloquial, humorous) to have a mental lapse; to be addled