書呆
Chinese
| book; letter | foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (書呆/書獃) | 書 | 呆/獃 | |
| simp. (书呆) | 书 | 呆 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆-*dăi
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chu-tai
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shūdāi
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄉㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shudai
- Wade–Giles: shu1-tai1
- Yale: shū-dāi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shudai
- Palladius: шудай (šudaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-tai
- Tâi-lô: tsu-tai
- Phofsit Daibuun: zu'day
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² tai⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³ tai³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² tai⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ tai⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ tai⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
書呆
- (literary or Eastern Min, Hokkien; derogatory) book nerd; pedant
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 書呆子 (“book nerd; pedant (derogatory)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 書呆子 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 書呆子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 書呆子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 書呆子, 書恛子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 書呆子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 書呆, 寒士 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 書呆 |
| Yilan | 書呆 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 書呆 | |
| Taichung | 書呆 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 書癲 | |
| Tainan | 書呆 | |
| Taitung | 書呆 | |
| Hsinchu | 書癲 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 書呆 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 讀書呆 |
| Xianyou | 讀書呆 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 書踱頭 |
| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 書踱頭 | |
| Wuxi | 書踱頭 | |
| Changzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Yixing | 書踱頭 | |
| Danyang | 書獃屄 | |
| Jiangyin | 書踱頭 | |
| Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 書踱頭 | |
| Hangzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Shaoxing | 書踱頭 | |
| Ningbo | 書踱頭, 書大糊 | |
| Yuyao | 書踱頭 | |
| Taizhou (Huangyan) | 書腐 | |
| Jinhua | 書夫 | |
| Yongkang | 書腐 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 書憨寶, 書憨子 |
| Loudi | 書呆子 | |