{"id":25,"date":"2010-08-30T19:52:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T09:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2010-11-02T19:34:53","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T08:34:53","slug":"31-words-for-idiot-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/31-words-for-idiot-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Words For Idiot In Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems I\u2019m a bit obssessed with synonyms.<\/p>\n

Just for fun, here is a list of 31 ways to say \u201cidiot\u201d in Mandarin, ranging from most common to least common.<\/p>\n

1. \u767d\u75f4 b\u00e1ich\u012b<\/strong> – An idiot. Can also mean idiocy as a disease.<\/p>\n

2. \u50bb\u5b50 sh\u01cezi <\/strong>\u2013 Idiot. Less formal.<\/p>\n

3. \u5446\u5b50 d\u0101izi <\/strong>\u2013 Same as \u50bb\u5b50 sh\u01cezi.<\/p>\n

4. \u611a\u4eba y\u00far\u00e9n<\/strong> \u2013 Idiot in \u4e66\u9762\u8bed sh\u016bmi\u00e0ny\u01d4 (formal\/written language); literary register.<\/p>\n

5. \u8822\u8d27 ch\u01d4nhu\u00f2 <\/strong>\u2013 Idiot, a \u201cstupid commodity\u201d. Used as a term of abuse.<\/p>\n


\n6. \u8822\u624d ch\u01d4nc\u00e1i <\/strong>\u2013 Same as \u8822\u8d27 ch\u01d4nhu\u00f2. Alternative form: \u8822\u6750.<\/p>\n

7. \u50bb\u74dc sh\u01cegu\u0101 <\/strong>\u2013 Idiot, used either as a term of abuse or jokingly between friends. Literally, \u201cdumb melon.\u201d<\/p>\n

8. \u5446\u74dc d\u0101igu\u0101<\/strong> \u2013 Same as \u50bb\u74dc sh\u01cegu\u0101.<\/p>\n

9. \u7b28\u86cb b\u00e8nd\u00e0n <\/strong>\u2013 Idiot, as a term of abuse.<\/p>\n

10. \u4e8c\u767e\u4e94 \u00e8rb\u01ceiw\u01d4<\/strong> \u2013 A simpleton. Slang. Literally, \u201ctwo hundred and fifty\u201d \u2013 have no idea why.<\/p>\n

11. \u8822\u4eba ch\u01d4nr\u00e9n<\/strong> \u2013 Idiot.<\/p>\n

12. \u6728\u5934\u4eba m\u00f9tour\u00e9n<\/strong> \u2013 Idiot, specifically one who stares blankly, as if in a trance, or one who is slow in understanding. Dated.<\/p>\n

13. \u50bb\u5e3d\u513f \/ \u50bb\u5e3d sh\u01cem\u00e0o[r]<\/strong> \u2013 Idiot or idiotic. Colloquial.<\/p>\n

14. \u8349\u5305 c\u01ceob\u0101o<\/strong> \u2013 Idiot. Literally, \u201cstraw bag\u201d. Dated.<\/p>\n

15. \u8111\u6b8b n\u01ceoc\u00e1n <\/strong>\u2013 Idiot. New and popular slang. Literally, \u201cbrain impairment.\u201d Can also function as an adjective: \u201cbrain-dead\u201d. Is often used to put-down the \u5bcc\u4e8c\u4ee3<\/a> f\u00f9\u00e8rd\u00e0i \u2013 the supposedly idiotic children of wealthy families in China.<\/p>\n

16. \u996d\u6876 f\u00e0nt\u01d2ng<\/strong> \u2013 A good-for-nothing \u2013 a \u201crice bucket\u201d \u2013 that is, someone who can only eat but not doing anything of note.<\/p>\n

17. \u50bb\u903c sh\u01ceb\u012b<\/strong> \u2013 Idiot. A popular new slang expression. Literally, \u201cstupid cunt\u201d. Probably derives from \u725b\u903c<\/a> ni\u00fab\u012b, \u201ccow\u2019s cunt\u201d, another popular expression, which equates to \u201cfucking awesome\u201d in English. Appropriately vulgar, but extremely common. Alternative\/polite form: \u50bbB.<\/p>\n

18. \u8822\u9a74 ch\u01d4nl\u01d8<\/strong> \u2013 Idiot. Literally, \u201cstupid donkey.\u201d Term of abuse.<\/p>\n

19. \u4f4e\u80fd\u513f d\u012bn\u00e9ngr<\/strong> \u2013 Idiot. Can also mean one who gets high marks in school but fails at life. Wenlin lists a third meaning as, \u201csb. with little or no ability in a certain area.\u201d<\/p>\n

20. \u7b28\u5bb6\u4f19 b\u00e8nji\u0101huo<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cStupid guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

21. \u65e0\u77e5\u8005 w\u00fazh\u012bzh\u011b<\/strong> \u2013 Long-winded form of idiot \u2013 same as \u611a\u4eba y\u00far\u00e9n.<\/p>\n

22. \u61a8\u5b50 h\u0101nzi <\/strong>\u2013 Idiot. Rare, regional slang.<\/p>\n

23. \u7b28\u74dc b\u00e8ngu\u0101<\/strong> \u2013 Same as \u50bb\u74dc sh\u01cegu\u0101 and \u5446\u74dc d\u0101igu\u0101.<\/p>\n

24. \u7b28\u8d3c b\u00e8nz\u00e9i <\/strong>\u2013 Idiot. Uncommon. Literally, \u201cstupid burglar.\u201d<\/p>\n

25. \u611a\u6c13 y\u00fam\u00e9ng<\/strong> \u2013 Idiot\/fool. Uncommon.<\/p>\n

26. \u75f4\u6c49 ch\u012bh\u00e0n <\/strong>\u2013 Idiot\/fool. Uncommon \u2013 probably another dictionary-only word.<\/p>\n

27. \u80f8\u5927\u65e0\u8111 xi\u014dngd\u00e0w\u00fan\u01ceo <\/strong>\u2013 Not just an idiot, but a big-breasted bimbo. Slang.<\/p>\n

28. \u8111\u7f3a\u6c27 n\u01ceoqu\u0113y\u01ceng <\/strong>\u2013 Literally, \u201cbrain lacks oxygen.\u201d Refers not just to an idiot, but specifically one who can\u2019t express oneself. You might say to such a person, \u4f60\u8111\u5b50\u8fdb\u6c34\u4e86 n\u01d0 n\u01ceozi j\u00ecnshu\u01d0 le, meaning, \u201cYour brain is flooded.\u201d<\/p>\n

29. \u7b28\u8d27 b\u00e8nhu\u00f2 <\/strong>\u2013 Idiot. Literally, \u201cstupid commodity.\u201d<\/p>\n

30. \u5927\u50bb\u4e2a\u513f \/ \u5927\u50bb\u4e2a d\u00e0sh\u01ceg\u00e8[r]<\/strong> \u2013 Idiot. Northern slang, meaning, \u201cbig dumby.\u201d<\/p>\n

31. \u7b28\u4f2f b\u00e8nb\u00f3<\/strong> \u2013 Idiot. Uncommon. \u4e66\u9762\u8bed sh\u016bmi\u00e0ny\u01d4 (formal\/written language).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems I\u2019m a bit obssessed with synonyms. Just for fun, here is a list of 31 ways to say \u201cidiot\u201d in Mandarin, ranging from most common to least common. 1. \u767d\u75f4 b\u00e1ich\u012b – An idiot. Can also mean idiocy as a disease. 2. \u50bb\u5b50 sh\u01cezi \u2013 Idiot. Less formal. 3. \u5446\u5b50 d\u0101izi \u2013 Same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[19,22,9],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-semantic-fields","tag-nouns","tag-slang","tag-synonyms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}