愚蠢

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúchǔn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ ceon²

• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵ cung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúchǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúchǔn
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-chʻun³
    • Yale: yú-chwǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuchoen
    • Palladius: юйчунь (jujčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ ceon²
    • Yale: yùh chéun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ tsoen²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ cên²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ t͡sʰɵn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-chhún
    • Tâi-lô: gû-tshún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guzhuon
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-chhún
    • Tâi-lô: gî-tshún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gizhuon
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-thún
    • Tâi-lô: gû-thún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'tuon
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tʰun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ tʰun⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁵ cung²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô tshúng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngju tsyhwinX

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
Baxter	ngju	tsyhwinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰʷinX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰjuenX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/	/cʰwinX/
Li Rong	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕnX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	chǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	ceon2

• 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

1. stupid; foolish; unwise

   你看她，大家都叫她「愚蠢的老太婆」。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Nǐ kàn tā, dàjiā dōu jiào tā “yúchǔn de lǎotàipó”. [Pinyin]

   Look at her; everyone calls her "stupid old hag".

   • 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.

Synonyms

• 呆
• 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
• 呆痴 (dāichī)
• 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 愚戇／愚戆 (Hokkien)
• 愚昧 (yúmèi)
• 愚笨 (yúbèn)
• 愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn)
• 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
• 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
• 撚樣／撚样 (lan² joeng^6-2) (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 暗昧 (ànmèi)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
• 海鱟／海鲎 (Hokkien)
• 混鈍／混钝 (Hokkien)
• 痴呆
• 發踱／发踱 (⁴faq ⁵doq) (Wu)
• 笨 (bèn)
• 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
• 笨車車／笨车车 (Hokkien)
• 臭笨 (Hokkien)
• 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 蠢 (chǔn)
• 蠢氣／蠢气 (qyn³ qi⁴) (Xiang)
• 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
• 袋屎 (Hokkien)
• 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
• 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
• 阿西 (Hokkien)
• 頇顢／顸颟 (Hokkien)
• 鱟／鲎 (Hokkien)
• 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 笨 (“stupid; lacking intelligence”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢
Mandarin	Beijing	笨
	Taiwan	笨
	Jinan	笨
	Xi'an	悶
	Wuhan	笨, 蠢
	Chengdu	笨, 蠢
	Yangzhou	笨
	Hefei	笨
	Singapore	笨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠢, 笨
	Hong Kong	蠢, 笨
	Yangjiang	吽, 塞督, 塞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠢
Gan	Nanchang	笨, 蠢
Hakka	Meixian	笨
Jin	Taiyuan	笨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	笨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	愚, 笨
Southern Min	Xiamen	笨
	Singapore (Teochew)	白仁
Wu	Suzhou	笨
	Wenzhou	呆, 笨
Xiang	Changsha	蠢
	Shuangfeng	蠢

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

1. 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)