發呆

See also: 发呆

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay
trad. (發呆)		發	呆
simp. (发呆)		发	呆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fādāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄉㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ ngoi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-tai
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷faq ⁶nge

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fādāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄉㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fadai
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-tai¹
    • Yale: fā-dāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fadai
    • Palladius: фадай (fadaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ ngoi⁴
    • Yale: faat ngòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ ngoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ ngoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ ŋɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-tai
    • Tâi-lô: huat-tai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatday
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ tai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ tai⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷faq ⁶nge
    • MiniDict: fah^入 nge^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴faq ³nge
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ⁴⁴  ŋe²³/

Verb

發呆

1. to stare blankly; to be in a daze

Synonyms

• 一怔 (yīlèng)
• 卬去 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 愣
• 戇去／戆去 (Hokkien)
• 發吽哣／发吽哣 (faat³ ngau⁶ dau⁶) (Cantonese)
• 發愣／发愣 (fālèng)
• 發懵／发懵 (fāměng)
• 發痴／发痴 (fa⁶ chr¹) (Xiang)