書呆子
Chinese edit
| book; letter | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (書呆子/書獃子) | 書 | 呆子/獃子 | |
| simp. (书呆子) | 书 | 呆子 | |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
書呆子
- (derogatory) book nerd; pedant
Usage notes edit
Often mistranslated as the neutral bookworm, 書呆子／书呆子 (shūdāizi) carries the negative connotation of someone who buries their head in books and is unable to engage with the wider world.
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 書呆子 (“book nerd; pedant (derogatory)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 書呆子 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 書呆子 |
| Yantai (Muping) | 書呆子 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 書呆子, 書恛子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 書呆子 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 書呆 |
| Yilan | 書呆 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 書呆 | |
| Taichung | 書呆 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 書癲 | |
| Tainan | 書呆 | |
| Taitung | 書呆 | |
| Hsinchu | 書癲 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 書呆 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 書踱頭 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 書踱頭 | |
| Wuxi | 書踱頭 | |
| Changzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Yixing | 書踱頭 | |
| Danyang | 書獃屄 | |
| Jiangyin | 書踱頭 | |
| Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 書踱頭 | |
| Hangzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Shaoxing | 書踱頭 | |
| Ningbo | 書踱頭, 書大糊 | |
| Yuyao | 書踱頭 | |
| Huangyan | 書腐 | |
| Jinhua | 書夫 | |
| Yongkang | 書腐 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 書憨寶, 書憨子 |
| Loudi | 書呆子 | |