戇大呆

See also: 戆大呆

Chinese

		simple; stupid	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay
trad. (戇大呆)		戇	大	呆
simp. (戆大呆)		戆	大	呆
alternative forms		戇大獃／戆大獃 怣大呆 怣大獃 憨大呆 憨大獃

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōng-tōa-tai

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōng-tōa-tai
    • Tâi-lô: gōng-tuā-tai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goxngdoaxday
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tua³³⁻¹¹ tai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tua³³⁻²¹ tai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tua⁴¹⁻²² tai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ɡɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ tai⁴⁴/

Noun

戇大呆

1. (Southern Min) idiot; fool; stupid person

   • 月老笑阮戇大呆，予風騙毋知。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     月老笑阮戆大呆，予风骗毋知。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 純純 (Sun-sun), 望春風 ("Bāng Chhun-hong")

     Goa̍t-ló chhiò gún gōng-tōa-tai, hō͘ hong phiàn m̄ chai. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The Matchmaker laughs at me, calling me a fool for not knowing the wind deceived me.

Synonyms

• 人頭豬腦／人头猪脑 (réntóuzhūnǎo) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 低能兒／低能儿 (dīnéng'ér)
• 侗戇／侗戆 (Hokkien)
• 傻子 (shǎzi)
• 傻瓜 (shǎguā)
• 呆子 (dāizi)
• 呆瓜 (dāiguā)
• 哈卵 (ha³ lonn³) (Xiang, Southwestern Mandarin, vulgar)
• 哚哥 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 壋將／垱将 (Hokkien)
• 大戇呆／大戆呆 (Hokkien)
• 大戇牯／大戆牯 (Hakka)
• 大番薯 (Hakka)
• 愚人 (yúrén)
• 戇人／戆人 (Hakka, Hokkien, Wu)
• 戇呆／戆呆 (Hokkien)
• 戇囝／戆囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 戇大豬／戆大猪 (Hokkien)
• 戇猴／戆猴 (Hokkien)
• 戇鳩／戆鸠 (ngong⁶ gau¹) (Cantonese)
• 白痴 (báichī)
• 笨人 (bènrén)
• 笨蛋 (bèndàn)
• 笨貨／笨货 (bènhuò)
• 老襯／老衬 (lou⁵ can³) (Cantonese)
• 蠢人 (chǔnrén)
• 蠢材 (chǔncái)
• 蠢蛋
• 豆渣腦殼／豆渣脑壳 (dou⁴ za¹ nao³ ko²) (Sichuanese)
• 錘哥／锤哥 (Hokkien)
• 闇雞／𬮴鸡 (Hokkien)
• 鵝牯／鹅牯 (Hakka)

 

References

• “Entry #13450”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.