呆子

Chinese

		foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (呆子/獃子)		呆/獃	子
simp. (呆子)		呆	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tai¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dāi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai.tzy
    • Palladius: дайцзы (dajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁴ zi²
    • Yale: ngòih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

呆子

1. stupid person; simpleton; fool; idiot
2. A nickname for 猪八戒, a character in Journey to the West. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Synonyms

• 人頭豬腦／人头猪脑 (réntóuzhūnǎo) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 低能兒／低能儿 (dīnéng'ér)
• 侗戇／侗戆 (Hokkien)
• 傻子 (shǎzi)
• 傻瓜 (shǎguā)
• 呆瓜 (dāiguā)
• 哈卵 (ha³ lonn³) (Xiang, Southwestern Mandarin, vulgar)
• 哚哥 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 壋將／垱将 (Hokkien)
• 大戇呆／大戆呆 (Hokkien)
• 大戇牯／大戆牯 (Hakka)
• 大番薯 (Hakka)
• 愚人 (yúrén)
• 戇人／戆人 (Hakka, Hokkien, Wu)
• 戇呆／戆呆 (Hokkien)
• 戇囝／戆囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 戇大呆／戆大呆 (Hokkien)
• 戇大豬／戆大猪 (Hokkien)
• 戇猴／戆猴 (Hokkien)
• 戇鳩／戆鸠 (ngong⁶ gau¹) (Cantonese)
• 白痴 (báichī)
• 笨人 (bènrén)
• 笨蛋 (bèndàn)
• 笨貨／笨货 (bènhuò)
• 老襯／老衬 (lou⁵ can³) (Cantonese)
• 蠢人 (chǔnrén)
• 蠢材 (chǔncái)
• 蠢蛋
• 豆渣腦殼／豆渣脑壳 (dou⁴ za¹ nao³ ko²) (Sichuanese)
• 錘哥／锤哥 (Hokkien)
• 闇雞／𬮴鸡 (Hokkien)
• 鵝牯／鹅牯 (Hakka)

 

Derived terms

• 書呆子／书呆子 (shūdāizi)