愚昧

Chinese

		stupid	conceal; dark
trad. (愚昧)		愚	昧
simp. ^#(愚昧)		愚	昧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúmèi

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄇㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ mui⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gû-bī / gû-māi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵ muê⁶
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶gniu-me

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúmèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄇㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúmèi
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-mei⁴
  - Yale: yú-mèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yumey
  - Palladius: юймэй (jujmɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ mui⁶
  - Yale: yùh muih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ mui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ mui⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ muːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-bī
  - Tâi-lô: gû-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'bi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² bi²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-māi
  - Tâi-lô: gû-māi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gumai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² mãi²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngo⁵ muê⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô muĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mue³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gniu-me
  - MiniDict: nyu^去 me
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy-me
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²² me⁴⁴/

Adjective

愚昧

ignorant; benighted
一個愚昧的人總以為自己是對的。 [MSC, trad.]
一个愚昧的人总以为自己是对的。 [MSC, simp.]
Yīge yúmèi de rén zǒng yǐwèi zìjǐ shì duì de. [Pinyin]
Ignorant people always believe they are right.

消除愚昧 ― xiāochú yúmèi ― to eliminate ignorance

Synonyms

Verb

愚昧

to keep ignorant; to keep in the dark
愚昧百姓 ― yúmèi bǎixìng ― to keep the common people in the dark

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (愚昧):

→ Japanese: 愚(ぐ)昧(まい) (gumai)
→ Korean: 우매(愚昧) (umae)
→ Vietnamese: ngu muội (愚昧)

See also

愚蠢 (yúchǔn)

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