愚蠢

Chinese

		stupid	blunt; stupid; to wiggle (of worms) blunt; stupid; to wiggle (of worms); sluggish
trad. (愚蠢)		愚	蠢
simp. ^#(愚蠢)		愚	蠢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúchǔn

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ ceon²
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): gû-chhún / gî-chhún / gû-thún

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵ cung²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúchǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúchǔn
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-chʻun³
  - Yale: yú-chwǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuchoen
  - Palladius: юйчунь (jujčunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰwən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ ceon²
  - Yale: yùh chéun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ tsoen²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ cên²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ t͡ʃʰɵn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-chhún
  - Tâi-lô: gû-tshún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guzhuon
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-chhún
  - Tâi-lô: gî-tshún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gizhuon
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-thún
  - Tâi-lô: gû-thún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'tuon
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰun⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tʰun⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ tʰun⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngo⁵ cung²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô tshúng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵²/

Middle Chinese: /ŋɨo t͡ɕʰiuɪn^X/

Rime
Character	愚	蠢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虞俱切	尺尹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰʷin^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰjuen^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/	/cʰwin^X/
Li Rong	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn^X/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	chǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁴	ceon²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋo tʰjunʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	愚	蠢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15919	12574
Phonetic component	禺	屯
Rime group	侯	文
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime		蠢
Old Chinese	/*ŋo/	/*tʰjunʔ/

Adjective

愚蠢

stupid; foolish; unwise
- 愚蠢之人，不足多誅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  愚蠢之人，不足多诛。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE
  Yúchǔn zhī rén, bùzú duō zhū. [Pinyin]
  The unwise are not worthy of excessive punishment.
你看她，大家都叫她「愚蠢的老太婆」。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Nǐ kàn tā, dàjiā dōu jiào tā “yúchǔn de lǎotàipó”. [Pinyin]
Look at her; everyone calls her "stupid old hag".

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 愚蠢

呆 (dāi)
呆傻 (dāishǎ)
呆痴 (dāichī)
愚昧 (yúmèi)
愚笨 (yúbèn)
拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
暗昧 (ànmèi)
棒槌 (bàngchuí)
痴呆 (chīdāi)
笨 (bèn)
笨拙 (bènzhuō)
臭笨 (Min Nan)
袋屎 (Min Nan)
袋屎袋尿 (Min Nan)

阿西 (Min Nan)
𡳞面 (Min Nan, vulgar)
愚戇／愚戆 (Min Nan)
愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn)
撚樣／撚样 (Cantonese, vulgar)
海鱟／海鲎 (Min Nan)
混鈍／混钝 (Min Nan)
發踱／发踱 (Wu)
笨車車／笨车车 (Min Nan)
蠢氣／蠢气 (Xiang)
遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
鱟 (Min Nan)
鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)
𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Min Nan, vulgar)

Dialectal synonyms of 笨 (“stupid; lacking intelligence”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢
Mandarin	Beijing	笨
	Taiwan	笨
	Jinan	笨
	Xi'an	悶
	Wuhan	笨, 蠢
	Chengdu	笨, 蠢
	Yangzhou	笨
	Hefei	笨
	Singapore	笨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠢, 笨
	Hong Kong	蠢, 笨
	Yangjiang	吽, 塞督, 塞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠢
Gan	Nanchang	笨, 蠢
Hakka	Meixian	笨
Jin	Taiyuan	笨
Min Bei	Jian'ou	笨
Min Dong	Fuzhou	愚, 笨
Min Nan	Xiamen	笨
Min Nan	Singapore (Teochew)	白仁
Wu	Suzhou	笨
Wu	Wenzhou	呆, 笨
Xiang	Changsha	蠢
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蠢

Antonyms

伶俐 (línglì)
智慧 (zhìhuì)
聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng)
穎悟／颖悟 (yǐngwù)

Noun

愚蠢

stupidity; foolishness
他因為自己的愚蠢，多次錯過了彌補虧損的機會。 [MSC, trad.]
他因为自己的愚蠢，多次错过了弥补亏损的机会。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā yīnwèi zìjǐ de yúchǔn, duōcì cuòguò le míbǔ kuīsǔn de jīhuì. [Pinyin]
Because of his stupidity, he missed multiple opportunities to regain his losses.

愚蠢

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