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 pm-1 am; 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

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

stupid person; simpleton; fool; idiot
A nickname for 猪八戒, a character in Journey to the West.

Synonyms

Synonyms of 呆子

傻子 (shǎzi)
傻瓜 (shǎguā)
呆瓜 (dāiguā)
哈卵 (hǎluǎn) (Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang, vulgar)
大番薯 (Hakka)
愚人 (yúrén)
白痴 (báichī)
笨人 (bènrén)
笨蛋 (bèndàn)
蠢人 (chǔnrén)
蠢材 (chǔncái)
蠢蛋
人頭豬腦／人头猪脑 (réntóu-zhūnǎo) (chiefly Cantonese)
低能兒／低能儿 (dīnéng'ér)
壋將／垱将 (Min Nan)

大戇呆／大戆呆 (Min Nan)
大戇牯／大戆牯 (Hakka)
戇人／戆人 (Hakka, Min Nan, Wu)
戇呆／戆呆 (Min Nan)
戇囝／戆囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
戇大呆／戆大呆 (Min Nan)
戇大豬／戆大猪 (Min Nan)
戇猴／戆猴 (Min Nan)
戇鳩／戆鸠 (Cantonese)
笨貨／笨货 (bènhuò)
老襯／老衬 (Cantonese)
豆渣腦殼／豆渣脑壳 (Sichuanese)
錘哥／锤哥 (Min Nan)
闇雞／𬮴鸡 (Min Nan)
鵝牯／鹅牯 (Hakka)

Derived terms

書呆子／书呆子 (shūdāizi)

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