呆若木雞

Chinese

		foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	tree; wood	fowl; chicken
trad. (呆若木雞/呆若木鷄)		呆	若	木	雞/鷄
simp. (呆若木鸡)		呆	若	木	鸡
Literally: “dumb as a wooden chicken”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāiruòmùjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁴ joek⁶ muk⁶ gai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāiruòmùjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dairuòmùji
    • Wade–Giles: tai¹-jo⁴-mu⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: dāi-rwò-mù-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dairuohmuhji
    • Palladius: дайжомуцзи (dajžomuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁴ joek⁶ muk⁶ gai¹
    • Yale: ngòih yeuhk muhk gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁴ joek⁹ muk⁹ gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁴ yêg⁶ mug⁶ gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²¹ jœːk̚² mʊk̚² kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

呆若木雞

1. dumbstruck