白痴

白痴

See also: 白癡

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	imbecile; sentimental; stupid imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly
trad. (白痴/白癡)		白	痴/癡
simp. (白痴)		白	痴
alternative forms		87 Taiwan Internet slang 北七 Taiwan slang

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báichī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ci¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chhi / pe̍h-thi / pe̍k-chhi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁸ ci¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báichī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báichih
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-chʻih¹
    • Yale: bái-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairchy
    • Palladius: байчи (bajči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ ci¹
    • Yale: baahk chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chhi
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tshi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqchy
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡ɕʰi³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thi
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqty
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰi³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-chhi
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍k-tshi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pegchy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁸ ci¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h tshi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ⁴⁻² t͡sʰi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /bˠæk̚  ʈʰɨ/

Rime
Character	白	痴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	庚 (113)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	傍陌切	丑之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/ʈʰɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/ʈʰɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/ȶʰie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/ʈʰɨ/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/ȶʰiə/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/ȶʰĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/ȶʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	chī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	ci1

Noun

白痴

1. idiot; halfwit
2. idiocy; intellectual disability

Synonyms

• (idiot):

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Synonyms of 白痴

傻子 (shǎzi) 傻瓜 (shǎguā) 呆子 (dāizi) 呆瓜 (dāiguā) 哈卵 (hǎluǎn) (Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang, vulgar) 大番薯 (Hakka) 愚人 (yúrén) 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

白痴佬

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	痴
はく Grade: 1	ち Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
白癡 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくち [hàkúchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

白(はく)痴(ち) • (hakuchi) 

1. idiocy, imbecility
2. (dated, medicine) profound mental retardation, indicating an IQ of under 25
3. an idiot, an imbecile
4. (dated, medicine) a person suffering from profound mental retardation, with an IQ of under 25

Usage notes

• No longer used in the clinical sense, much as English idiot is no longer used clinically.

See also

• 知(ち)恵(え)遅(おく)れ (chieokure): mental retardation

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 白痴 – see the following entry.

【戯たわけ】 [noun] a jest, joke; a foolish act [noun] (by extension) fool, idiot Alternative spellings タワケ, 白痴

(This term, 白痴, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
白	痴

Noun

白痴 • (baekchi) (hangeul 백치)

1. Alternative form of 白癡 (“Hanja form^? of 백치 (“idiot”).”)