孬

孬 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一火女弓木 (MFVND), four-corner 1044₇, composition ⿱不好)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 280, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6989
• Dae Jaweon: page 548, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 18, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5B6C

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 不 (“no, not”) + 好 (“good, well”).

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孬

1. (regional, informal) not good
2. (regional, informal) cowardly, contemptible

Contraction of 唔好.

孬

1. (Teochew, Zhao'an Hokkien) not good; bad; poor

   好抑是孬 [Teochew]  ―  ho² a¹ si⁶ mo² [Peng'im]  ―  good or not

   孬人 [Teochew]  ―  mo² nang⁵ [Peng'im]  ―  bad person

   孬食死 [Teochew]  ―  mo² ziah⁸ si² [Peng'im]  ―  very hard to stomach

2. (Teochew) rude; unreasonable
3. (Teochew) cannot; may not
4. (Teochew) don't

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孬

1. (Sichuanese) not good; bad; inferior

孬: Hán Việt readings: nạo[1], khoái[2]
孬: Nôm readings: nao[3]

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