愚蠢

Chinese

		stupid	blunt; stupid; to wiggle (of worms) blunt; stupid; to wiggle (of worms); sluggish
simp. and trad. (愚蠢)		愚	蠢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúchǔn

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ ceon²
Min Nan (POJ): gû-chhún / gî-chhún / gû-thún

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yúchǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuchoen
  - IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ ceon²
  - Yale: yùh chéun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ tsoen²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ cên²
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ t͡ɕʰɵn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-chhún
  - Tâi-lô: gû-tshún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guzhuon
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-chhún
  - Tâi-lô: gî-tshún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gizhuon
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-thún
  - Tâi-lô: gû-thún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'tuon
  - IPA (Taipei): /gu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰun⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gu²⁴⁻²² tʰun⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gu²³⁻³³ tʰun⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /ŋɨo t͡ɕʰiuɪn^X/▼

Rime
Character	愚	蠢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虞俱切	尺尹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰʷin^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰjuen^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/	/cʰwin^X/
Li Rong	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn^X/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	chǔn

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋo tʰjunʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	愚	蠢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15919	12574
Phonetic component	禺	屯
Rime group	侯	文
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime		蠢
Old Chinese	/*ŋo/	/*tʰjunʔ/

Adjective

愚蠢

stupid; foolish; unwise

愚蠢之人，不足多誅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
愚蠢之人，不足多诛。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE
Yúchǔn zhī rén, bùzú duō zhū. [Pinyin]
The unwise are not worthy of excessive punishment.

你看她，大家都叫她「愚蠢的老太婆」。 [MSC, trad.]
你看她，大家都叫她“愚蠢的老太婆”。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ kàn tā, dàjiā dōu jiào tā “yúchǔn de lǎotàipó”. [Pinyin]
Look at her; everyone calls her "stupid old hag".

Synonyms

痴呆 (chīdāi)
愚笨 (yúbèn)
愚昧 (yúmèi)

Antonyms

伶俐 (línglì)
智慧 (zhìhuì)
聰明／聪明 (cōngming)
聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng)
穎悟／颖悟 (yǐngwù)

Noun

愚蠢

stupidity; foolishness

他因為自己的愚蠢，多次錯過了彌補虧損的機會。 [MSC, trad.]
他因为自己的愚蠢，多次错过了弥补亏损的机会。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā yīnwèi zìjǐ de yúchǔn, duōcì cuòguò le míbǔ kuīsǔn de jīhuì. [Pinyin]
Because of his stupidity, he missed multiple opportunities to regain his losses.

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