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 kʷaː⁵⁵/

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

(idiot):

Synonyms of 傻瓜

低能兒／低能儿 (dīnéng'ér)
傻仔 (Cantonese)
傻子 (shǎzi)
呆子 (dāizi)
呆瓜 (dāiguā)
壋將／垱将 (Min Nan)

愚人 (yúrén)
白痴 (báichī)
笨人 (bènrén)
笨蛋 (bèndàn)
蠢人 (chǔnrén)
錘哥／锤哥 (Min Nan)

無知者／无知者

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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