遲鈍

See also: 迟钝

Chinese

		late; delayed; slow	blunt; stupid
trad. (遲鈍)		遲	鈍
simp. (迟钝)		迟	钝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chídùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ deon⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): ci¹ dung³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tî-tūn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci⁵ dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chídùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíhdùn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²-tun⁴
    • Yale: chŕ-dwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrduenn
    • Palladius: чидунь (čidunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ deon⁶
    • Yale: chìh deuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ doen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ dên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ tɵn²²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ci¹ dung³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰz̩¹¹ tũŋ⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-tūn
    • Tâi-lô: tî-tūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di'dun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴⁻²² tun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴⁻²² tun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³⁻²² tun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴⁻¹¹ tun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ tun³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci⁵ dung⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshî tŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tuŋ³⁵/

Adjective

遲鈍

1. (of reaction) slow
2. retarded; obtuse; dim-witted

Synonyms

• (slow):

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• 不快 (bùkuài)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖沙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 拖沓 (tuōtà)
• 拖黐 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 緩慢／缓慢 (huǎnmàn)
• 舒緩／舒缓 (shūhuǎn)
• 遲緩／迟缓 (chíhuǎn)
• 黐拖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

• (retarded):

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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)
• 愚昧 (yúmèi)
• 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)
• 阿西 (Hokkien)
• 頇顢／顸颟 (Hokkien)
• 鱟／鲎 (Hokkien)
• 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• (slow): 敏捷 (mǐnjié)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遲鈍):

• → Korean: 지둔(遲鈍) (jidun)
• → Vietnamese: trì độn (遲鈍)