人頭豬腦

Chinese

		human head; number of people (compare Latin	pig brain
trad. (人頭豬腦)		人頭	豬腦
simp. (人头猪脑)		人头	猪脑
Literally: “with a human's head and a pig's brain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): réntóuzhūnǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄨ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ tau⁴ zyu¹ nou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: réntóuzhūnǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄨ ㄋㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réntóujhunǎo
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-tʻou²-chu¹-nao³
    • Yale: rén-tóu-jū-nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rentourjunao
    • Palladius: жэньтоучжунао (žɛnʹtoučžunao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ tau⁴ zyu¹ nou⁵
    • Yale: yàhn tàuh jyū nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ tau⁴ dzy¹ nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ teo⁴ ju¹ nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵ nou̯¹³/

Noun

人頭豬腦

1. (chiefly Cantonese, idiomatic) idiot, imbecile, numbskull
   • 2018, Come Home Love: Lo and Behold, episode 360, spoken by 龍力蓮 (Mandy Lam Suk Man), via TVB Jade:

     你呢隻人頭豬腦，咁簡單嘅錯你都可以犯嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你呢只人头猪脑，咁简单嘅错你都可以犯嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ ni¹ zek³ jan⁴ tau⁴ zyu¹ nou⁵, gam³ gaan² daan¹ ge³ co³ nei⁵ dou¹ ho² ji⁵ faan⁶ ge³. [Jyutping]

     You imbecile, how could you make such a stupid mistake?

Synonyms

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• 低能兒／低能儿 (dīnéng'ér)
• 侗戇／侗戆 (Hokkien)
• 傻子 (shǎzi)
• 傻瓜 (shǎguā)
• 呆子 (dāizi)
• 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)
• 痴子 (chīzi) (regional)
• 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)