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派手 — meaning in English

hade

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English meaning

  • gaudy adj Showy or overdecorated to the point of looking cheap or tasteless.
  • Gay adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
  • loud adj Producing a lot of sound; not quiet.
  • ostentatious adj Showy or over-the-top, designed mainly to impress or attract attention.
  • showy adj Flashy or attracting a lot of attention, often in an exaggerated way.

Senses

派手 is used for these senses in English:

  • gaudy Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.
  • gay (dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.
  • loud (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
  • ostentatious Of ostentation.
  • showy (informal, chiefly of a literary work) Inclined to showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative), instead of telling (by explicitly stating facts).

gaudy — full definition

  1. adj Showy or overdecorated to the point of looking cheap or tasteless.
  2. noun In British university tradition, a reunion dinner or feast held by an Oxford college for its former students.

Gay — full definition

  1. adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
  2. adj Happy, carefree, and full of fun (an older, still-used sense, especially in older writing).
  3. noun A homosexual person, especially a man.

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