Chinese

Alternative forms

• 寒傖／寒伧 (hánchen, háncāng)

Adjective

寒磣

1. (slang) ugly; shabby; squalid

   他的房子又小又寒磣。 [MSC, trad.]

   他的房子又小又寒碜。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de fángzǐ yòu xiǎo yòu hánchen. [Pinyin]

   His house was small and shabby.

2. (slang) shameful; disgraceful

   又沒考上，寒磣死了。 [MSC, trad.]

   又没考上，寒碜死了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yòu méi kǎo shàng, hánchen sǐ le. [Pinyin]

   I failed the test again, how embarrassing!

Verb

寒磣

1. (slang) to ridicule; to embarrass

References

• “寒碜”, in baidu (in Mandarin/English), accessed 2009-08-27