Chinese More information coarse; rough; thickcoarse; rough; thick; unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude, inferior ... coarse; rough; thickcoarse; rough; thick; unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude inferior trad. (粗劣) 粗 劣 simp. #(粗劣) 粗 劣 Close Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): cūliè (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨ ㄌㄧㄝˋ Cantonese (Jyutping): cou1 lyut3 Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: cūliè Zhuyin: ㄘㄨ ㄌㄧㄝˋ Tongyong Pinyin: culiè Wade–Giles: tsʻu1-lieh4 Yale: tsū-lyè Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsulieh Palladius: цуле (cule) Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹/ Cantonese (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+ Jyutping: cou1 lyut3 Yale: chōu lyut Cantonese Pinyin: tsou1 lyt8 Guangdong Romanization: cou1 lüd3 Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ lyːt̚³/ Adjective 粗劣 of poor quality; cheap; shoddyWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.