傻瓜

Chinese

		foolish	(dialectal) stupid
simp. and trad. (傻瓜)		傻	瓜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǎguā

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so⁴ gwaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǎguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaagua
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: so⁴ gwaa¹
  - Yale: sòh gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so⁴ gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: so⁴ gua¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɔː²¹ kʷɑː⁵⁵/

Noun

傻瓜

silly person; fool; idiot
(term of affection) honey; babe

Usage notes

Semantically very similar to Korean 바보 (babo, “fool; idiot; babe”).

Synonyms

傻子 (shǎzi)
白癡／白痴
笨蛋 (bèndàn)
蠢人 (chǔnrén)
低能 (dīnéng)
低能兒／低能儿 (dīnéng'ér)
無知者／无知者
愚人 (yúrén)
呆瓜 (dāiguā)
(Min Nan) 阿西

Derived terms

傻瓜機／傻瓜机 (shǎguājī)
傻瓜瓜

傻瓜相機／傻瓜相机 (shǎguā xiàngjī)
小傻瓜

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