痴子

Chinese

		imbecile; sentimental; stupid imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (痴子/癡子)		痴/癡	子
simp. (痴子)		痴	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ˙ㄗ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshy-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chr̄-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy.tzy
    • Palladius: чицзы (čiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshy-tsy
    • MiniDict: tshy^平 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshr-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

痴子

1. (regional) stupid person; simpleton; fool; [[idiot]
2. (regional) madman; lunatic; crazy person

Synonyms

• (stupid person):

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• 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)
• 白痴 (báichī)
• 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)

 

• (madman):

Dialectal synonyms of 瘋子 (“lunatic; mad person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		狂人
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘋子, 瘋人
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瘋子
	Taiwan	瘋子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瘋子, 瘋漢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	痴子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	瘋子
	Xi'an	瘋子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	瘋子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	瘋子
	Wuhan	瘋子, 魔氣, 八面威, 八面
	Guilin	瘋子, 癲子
	Pingle	瘋子, 癲子
	Liuzhou	癲子, 癲婆 woman, 癲崽 man
	Luzhai	瘋子, 癲子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	瘋人
	Reshuitang (Longling)	瘋子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	瘋人
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	瘋人
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	瘋子
	Hefei	瘋子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	癲佬 man, 癲婆 woman, 癲仔 boy, 癲女 girl, 傻佬 man
	Hong Kong	癲佬 man, 癲婆 woman, 黐線佬 man, 黐線婆 woman, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	癲佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	發癲佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	癲佬
	Yangjiang	戇佬 man, 戇婆 woman, 戇仔 boy, 戇妹 girl
	Beihai	癲佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	癲仔, 癲佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	癲佬
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	癲仔, 癲佬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	癲佬
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	癲佬
	Móng Cái	癲仔, 癲佬
Gan	Nanchang	瘋子
	Pingxiang	癲子, 癲婆子 woman
Hakka	Meixian	癲仔, 癲鬼, 癲牯 man, 癲嫲 woman
	Hong Kong	懵佬
	Senai (Huiyang)	戇佬
Jin	Taiyuan	瘋子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	發癲仔, 發癲婆 woman
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	癲脬
Southern Min	Xiamen	痟的, 神經的
	Quanzhou	痟的, 神經的
	Zhangzhou	魔神仔, 魔的, 神經的
	Tainan	痟的
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痟囝
	Chaozhou	痟
	Shantou	痟囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	痟儂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	痟儂
	Leizhou	妃戇
Puxian Min	Putian	痟神
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	癲佬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	癲崽 man
Wu	Shanghai	痴子, 瘋子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	痴子
	Suzhou	痴子
	Danyang	瘋子
	Wenzhou	癲人
	Jinhua	癲鬼兒 man, 癲婆 woman
Xiang	Changsha	癲子, 瘋子, 八面子
	Loudi	癲子, 癲婆子 woman
	Shuangfeng	癲子