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
(Hokkien, POJ): gû-chhún / gî-chhún / gû-thún

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵ cung²

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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngo⁵ cung²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô tshúng
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵²/

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)
愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn)
(Min Nan) 袋恭

Antonyms

伶俐 (línglì)
智慧 (zhìhuì)
聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
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.

See also

愚昧 (yúmèi)

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