搵笨

See also: 揾笨

Chinese

		to look for; to seek; to find	stupid; foolish; silly stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy
trad. (搵笨)		搵	笨
simp. (揾笨)		揾	笨

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wan² ban⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vun² bun⁵, vun² bun^5*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan² ban⁶
    • Yale: wán bahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan² ban⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen² ben⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn³⁵ pɐn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vun² bun⁵, vun² bun^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vun⁵⁵ pun³²/, /vun⁵⁵ pun³²⁻³²⁵/

Verb

搵⫽笨 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to trick; to con; to fool

   你搵我笨呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你揾我笨呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ wan² ngo⁵ ban⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Are you fooling me?

   咪咁容易信人，一陣畀人搵笨都唔知。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   咪咁容易信人，一阵畀人揾笨都唔知。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   mai⁵ gam³ jung⁴ ji⁶ seon³ jan⁴, jat¹ zan⁶ bei² jan⁴ wan² ban⁶ dou¹ m⁴ zi¹. [Jyutping]

   Don't be so gullible. You might get tricked without even knowing.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese, vulgar) 搵笨柒／揾笨柒