愚昧

Chinese

		stupid	conceal; dark
trad. (愚昧)		愚	昧
simp. #(愚昧)		愚	昧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ mui⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gû-bī / gû-māi / gû-mūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵ muê⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gniu-me

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúmèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúmèi
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-mei⁴
    • Yale: yú-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yumey
    • Palladius: юймэй (jujmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ mui⁶
    • Yale: yùh muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ muːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-bī
    • Tâi-lô: gû-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'bi
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² bi⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² bi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-māi
    • Tâi-lô: gû-māi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gumai
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ mãi³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ mãi³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² mãi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-mūi
    • Tâi-lô: gû-muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gumui
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ muĩ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ muĩ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² muĩ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁵ muê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô muĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mue³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gniu-me
    • MiniDict: nyu^去 me
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy-me
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²² me⁴⁴/

Adjective

愚昧

1. ignorant; benighted

   一個愚昧的人總以為自己是對的。 [MSC, trad.]
   一个愚昧的人总以为自己是对的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīge yúmèi de rén zǒng yǐwèi zìjǐ shì duì de. [Pinyin]

   Ignorant people always believe they are right.

   消除愚昧  ―  xiāochú yúmèi  ―  to eliminate ignorance

Synonyms

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• 呆
• 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
• 呆痴 (dāichī)
• 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 𡳞鳥面 / 𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 愚戇 / 愚戆 (Hokkien)
• 愚笨 (yúbèn)
• 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
• 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 (⁷faq ⁸doq) (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)

Verb

愚昧

1. to keep ignorant; to keep in the dark

   愚昧百姓  ―  yúmèi bǎixìng  ―  to keep the common people in the dark

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (愚昧):

• → Japanese: 愚(ぐ)昧(まい) (gumai)
• → Korean: 우매(愚昧) (umae)
• → Vietnamese: ngu muội (愚昧)

See also

• 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愚	昧
ぐ Grade: S	まい Grade: S
goon

Adjective

愚(ぐ)昧(まい) • (gumai) -na (adnominal 愚(ぐ)昧(まい)な (gumai na), adverbial 愚(ぐ)昧(まい)に (gumai ni))

1. ignorant; benighted
   • 1905, Natsume Sōseki, 吾輩は猫である [I Am a Cat]‎^[1]:

     吾輩(わがはい)の水彩画(すいさいが)のごときはかかない方(ほう)がましであると同(おな)じように、愚昧(ぐまい)なる通人(つうじん)よりも山出(やまだ)しの大野暮(おおやぼ)の方(ほう)が遥(はる)かに上等(じょうとう)だ。

     Wagahai no suisaiga no gotoki wa kakanai hō ga mashi de aru to onaji yō ni, gumai naru tsūjin yori mo yamadashi no ōyabo no hō ga haruka ni jōtō da.

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Noun

愚(ぐ)昧(まい) • (gumai) 

1. ignorance, foolishness

Synonyms

• 愚(ぐ)蒙(もう) (gumō)