赤裸裸

Chinese

		to be naked; to be nude; to bare	naked
simp. and trad. (赤裸裸)		赤裸	裸

Etymology

ABB-type reduplication of 赤裸 (chìluǒ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chìluǒluǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄌㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ lo² lo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chìluǒluǒ [Phonetic: chìluóluǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄌㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhluuoluuo
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ lu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cek³ lo² lo²
  - Yale: chek ló ló
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ lo² lo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cég³ lo² lo²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ lɔː³⁵ lɔː³⁵/

Adjective

赤裸裸

(ideophonic) stark-naked; bare; naked
(figuratively, often of a contemptible action) plain; pure; undisguised; unadorned
赤裸裸的敲詐 / 赤裸裸的敲诈 ― chìluǒluǒ de qiāozhà ― blatant blackmailing behaviour
- 假裝了解是怕　真相太赤裸裸　狼狽比失去難受 [MSC, trad.]
  假装了解是怕　真相太赤裸裸　狼狈比失去难受 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2007, 孫燕姿 (lyrics 姚若龍), 《我懷念的》
  jiǎzhuāng liǎojiě shì pà; zhēnxiàng tài chìluǒluǒ; lángbèi bǐ shīqù nánshòu [Pinyin]
  I feign to understand, for I am afraid,
  That the truth is too naked and transparent,
  And being helpless is more painful than losing.

Synonyms

(humorous, slang) 紅果果／红果果 (hóngguǒguǒ), 赤果果 (chìguǒguǒ)

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