呆子

Chinese

		foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (呆子)		呆	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāizi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁴ zi²

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

stupid person; simpleton; fool; idiot

Synonyms

傻子 (shǎzi)
(Cantonese) 傻仔

Derived terms

書呆子／书呆子 (shūdāizi)

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