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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báichī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ci¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chhi / pe̍h-thi / pe̍k-chhi

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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/

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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

(deprecated template usage) 白痴

1. idiot; halfwit
2. idiocy; intellectual disability

Synonyms

• (idiot):

(deprecated template usage)

• 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

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Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
白癡 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯᵝt͡ɕi], [ha̠kɯ̥ᵝt͡ɕi]

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

• 知恵遅れ (ちえおくれ, chie okure): mental retardation

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Korean

Hanja in this term
白	痴

Noun

白痴 • (baekchi) (hangeul 백치)

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