遲鈍

遲鈍

See also: 迟钝

Chinese

		late; delayed; slow	blunt; stupid
trad. (遲鈍)		遲	鈍
simp. (迟钝)		迟	钝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chídùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ deon⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): ci¹ dung³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tî-tūn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci⁵ dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chídùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíhdùn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²-tun⁴
    • Yale: chŕ-dwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrduenn
    • Palladius: чидунь (čidunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ twən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ deon⁶
    • Yale: chìh deuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ doen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ dên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ tɵn²²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ci¹ dung³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰz̩¹¹ tũŋ⁴⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-tūn
    • Tâi-lô: tî-tūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di'dun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴⁻²² tun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴⁻²² tun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³⁻²² tun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴⁻¹¹ tun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ tun³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci⁵ dung⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshî tŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tuŋ³⁵/

Adjective

遲鈍

1. (of reaction) slow
2. retarded; obtuse; dim-witted

Synonyms

• (slow):

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不快 (bùkuài) 緩慢／缓慢 (huǎnmàn)

舒緩／舒缓 (shūhuǎn) 遲緩／迟缓 (chíhuǎn)

• (retarded):

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Synonyms of 遲鈍

呆 (dāi) 呆傻 (dāishǎ) 呆痴 (dāichī) 愚昧 (yúmèi) 愚笨 (yúbèn) 愚蠢 (yúchǔn) 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) 鱟 (Min Nan) 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary) 𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Min Nan, vulgar)

Antonyms

• (slow): 敏捷 (mǐnjié)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遲鈍):

• → Korean: 지둔(遲鈍) (jidun)
• → Vietnamese: trì độn (遲鈍)