呆子

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
simp. and trad. (呆子)		呆	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dāizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁴ zi²
    • Yale: ngòih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁴ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

呆子

1. stupid person; simpleton; fool; idiot

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 呆子

低能兒／低能儿 (dīnéng'ér) 傻仔 (Cantonese) 傻子 (shǎzi) 傻瓜 (shǎguā) 呆瓜 (dāiguā) 壋將／垱将 (Min Nan)

愚人 (yúrén) 白痴 (báichī) 笨人 (bènrén) 笨蛋 (bèndàn) 蠢人 (chǔnrén) 錘哥／锤哥 (Min Nan)

Derived terms

書呆子／书呆子 (shūdāizi)