丑
chǒuChǒu HSK5

second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

丑 (醜) chǒu frequency
ugly adjective
physically unattractive or unsightly in appearance

这个玩偶长得真丑。

zhè gè wán'ǒu zhǎng de zhēn chǒu.

This doll is really ugly.

shameful adjective
disgraceful, scandalous, or morally offensive

这种丢人的丑，我实在没脸说出来。

zhè zhǒng diū​rén de chǒu, wǒ shí​zài méi​liǎn shuō chu​lai.

I am too ashamed to talk about such an embarrassing scandal.

丑 chǒu
clown punctuation
a clown or a specific character type in traditional Chinese opera

在传统京剧行当中，他主要扮演丑。

zài chuán​tǒng Jīng​jù háng dāng​zhōng, tā zhǔ​yào bàn​yǎn chǒu.

In traditional Peking Opera roles, he mainly plays the clown.

earthly branch adjective
the 2nd earthly branch, associated with the ox, the time 1-3 a.m., and the 12th solar month

在十二生肖中，丑对应的动物是牛。

zài shí'èr shēng​xiào zhōng, chǒu duì​yìng de dòng​wù shì niú.

In the Chinese Zodiac, 'Chou' corresponds to the Ox.

丑 Chǒu
Chou proper name
surname Chou

丑先生是我的老师。

Chǒu xiān​sheng shì wǒ de lǎo​shī.

Mr. Chou is my teacher.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,901st most common 41.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,272nd most common 62.9 per million appears in 26% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
26.1 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
22.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
醜
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+4E11

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)