愚蠢

Chinese

		stupid	blunt; stupid; to wiggle (of worms) blunt; stupid; to wiggle (of worms); sluggish
trad. (愚蠢)		愚	蠢
simp. ^#(愚蠢)		愚	蠢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúchǔn

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ ceon²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gû-chhún / gî-chhún / gû-thún

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵ cung²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúchǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúchǔn
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-chʻun³
  - Yale: yú-chwǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuchoen
  - Palladius: юйчунь (jujčunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ ceon²
  - Yale: yùh chéun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ tsoen²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ cên²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ t͡sʰɵn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-chhún
  - Tâi-lô: gû-tshún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guzhuon
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-chhún
  - Tâi-lô: gî-tshún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gizhuon
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-thún
  - Tâi-lô: gû-thún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'tuon
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰun⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tʰun⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ tʰun⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngo⁵ cung²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô tshúng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵²/

Middle Chinese: ngju tsyhwinX

Rime
Character	愚	蠢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虞俱切	尺尹切
Baxter	ngju	tsyhwinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨo/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰʷin^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰjuen^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆/	/cʰwin^X/
Li Rong	/ŋio/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕn^X/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	chǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁴	ceon²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋo tʰjunʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	愚	蠢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15919	12574
Phonetic component	禺	屯
Rime group	侯	文
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime		蠢
Old Chinese	/*ŋo/	/*tʰjunʔ/

Adjective

愚蠢

stupid; foolish; unwise
你看她，大家都叫她「愚蠢的老太婆」。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Nǐ kàn tā, dàjiā dōu jiào tā “yúchǔn de lǎotàipó”. [Pinyin]
Look at her; everyone calls her "stupid old hag".
- 愚蠢之人，不足多誅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  愚蠢之人，不足多诛。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE
  Yúchǔn zhī rén, bùzú duō zhū. [Pinyin]
  The unwise are not worthy of excessive punishment.

Synonyms

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)
遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
阿西 (Hokkien)
頇顢／顸颟 (Hokkien)
鱟／鲎 (Hokkien)
鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 笨 (“stupid; lacking intelligence”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢
Mandarin	Beijing	笨
	Taiwan	笨
	Jinan	笨
	Xi'an	悶
	Wuhan	笨, 蠢
	Chengdu	笨, 蠢
	Yangzhou	笨
	Hefei	笨
	Singapore	笨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠢, 笨
	Hong Kong	蠢, 笨
	Yangjiang	吽, 塞督, 塞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠢
Gan	Nanchang	笨, 蠢
Hakka	Meixian	笨
Jin	Taiyuan	笨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	笨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	愚, 笨
Southern Min	Xiamen	笨
Southern Min	Singapore (Teochew)	白仁
Wu	Suzhou	笨
Wu	Wenzhou	呆, 笨
Xiang	Changsha	蠢
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蠢

Antonyms

伶俐 (línglì)
智慧 (zhìhuì)
聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng)
穎悟／颖悟 (yǐngwù)

Noun

愚蠢

stupidity; foolishness
他因為自己的愚蠢，多次錯過了彌補虧損的機會。 [MSC, trad.]
他因为自己的愚蠢，多次错过了弥补亏损的机会。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā yīnwèi zìjǐ de yúchǔn, duōcì cuòguò le míbǔ kuīsǔn de jīhuì. [Pinyin]
Because of his stupidity, he missed multiple opportunities to regain his losses.

愚蠢

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