白痴

See also: 白癡

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	imbecile; sentimental; stupid imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly
trad. (白痴/白癡)		白	痴/癡
simp. (白痴)		白	痴
alternative forms		87 Taiwan Internet slang 北七 Taiwan slang

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báichī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ci¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chhi / pe̍h-thi / pe̍k-chhi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁸ ci¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báichī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báichih
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-chʻih¹
    • Yale: bái-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairchy
    • Palladius: байчи (bajči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ ci¹
    • Yale: baahk chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chhi
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tshi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqchy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰi³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thi
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqty
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰi³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-chhi
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍k-tshi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pegchy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁸ ci¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h tshi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ⁴⁻² t͡sʰi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: baek trhi

Rime
Character	白	痴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	傍陌切	丑之切
Baxter	baek	trhi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/ʈʰɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/ʈʰɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/ȶʰie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/ʈʰɨ/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/ȶʰiə/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/ȶʰĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/ȶʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	chī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	ci1

Noun

白痴

1. idiot; halfwit
2. idiocy; intellectual disability

Synonyms

• (idiot):

• 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)
• 戇大呆／戆大呆 (Hokkien)
• 戇大豬／戆大猪 (Hokkien)
• 戇猴／戆猴 (Hokkien)
• 戇鳩／戆鸠 (ngong⁶ gau¹) (Cantonese)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 白痴佬

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	痴
はく Grade: 1	ち Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
白癡 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくち [hàkúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

白(はく)痴(ち) • (hakuchi) 

1. idiocy, imbecility
2. (dated, medicine) profound mental retardation, indicating an IQ of under 25
3. an idiot, an imbecile
4. (dated, medicine) a person suffering from profound mental retardation, with an IQ of under 25

Usage notes

• No longer used in the clinical sense, much as English idiot is no longer used clinically.

See also

• 知(ち)恵(え)遅(おく)れ (chieokure): mental retardation

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 白痴 – see the following entry.

【戯たわけ】 [noun] a jest, joke; a foolish act [noun] (by extension) fool, idiot Alternative spelling タワケ

(This term, 白痴, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	痴

Noun

白痴 • (baekchi) (hangeul 백치)

1. Alternative form of 白癡 (“Hanja form^? of 백치 (“idiot”).”)