傻

See also: 儍

傻	U+50BB, 傻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50BB

← 傺
[U+50BA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

傼 →
[U+50BC]

Translingual

Han character

傻 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人竹金水 (OHCE), four-corner 2624₇, composition ⿰亻𡕩)

Derived characters

𠿬

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 115, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1034
Dae Jaweon: page 245, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 212, character 3
Unihan data for U+50BB

Chinese

trad.		傻
simp. ^#		傻
alternative forms		儍

Etymology

Unclear. Possible early forms in Middle Chinese include 𧫝 (MC srwaeX) or 誜 (MC srwaeH), indicating "to speak carelessly; to talk nonsense".^[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shǎ (sha³)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sa³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): so⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): so⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): sa³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sá

(Meixian, Guangdong): so²
Jin (Wiktionary): sa²
Northern Min (KCR): sá
Eastern Min (BUC): să
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sâ / sá

(Teochew, Peng'im): sa⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sa
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǎ
  - Wade–Giles: sha³
  - Yale: shǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaa
  - Palladius: ша (ša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sa³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: saa
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: so⁴
  - Yale: sòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: so⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: so⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sᵘɔ²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: sa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sá
  - Hakka Romanization System: sa^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sa³
  - Sinological IPA: /sa³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: so²
  - Sinological IPA: /so¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sa²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sa⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: să
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sâ
  - Tâi-lô: sâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saa
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /sa²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sa¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sá
  - Tâi-lô: sá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sa⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sa⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: să
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sa
  - MiniDict: sa^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sa
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sa³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: sa³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa̠⁴¹/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 傻
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂa²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ʂa²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ʂɑ¹³/ /sɑ¹³/
	Jinan	/ʂa⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/ʃa⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂa⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ʂa⁵³/
	Xining	/ʂa²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʂa⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂa⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ʂa⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/sa²¹³/
	Chengdu	/sa⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/sa⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʂa̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ʂɑ²¹²/
	Hefei	/ʂa²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sa⁵³/
	Pingyao	/ʂɑ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/sa⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/sa³⁵/
	Suzhou	/sɑ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/sɑ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/sa³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/sa³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi	/sa³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/sa⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/sɒ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɔ²¹/
	Nanning	/ɬɔ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/sɔ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sa⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sa⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/sa⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/sa³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/so³¹/

Middle Chinese: srwaeX, srwaeH

Rime
Character	傻	傻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	沙瓦切	所化切
Baxter	srwaeX	srwaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠua^X/	/ʃˠua^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃʷᵚa^X/	/ʃʷᵚa^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃua^X/	/ʃua^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂwaɨ^X/	/ʂwaɨ^H/
Li Rong	/ʃua^X/	/ʃua^H/
Wang Li	/ʃwa^X/	/ʃwa^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂwa^X/	/ʂwa^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuǎ	shuà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saa²	saa³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sqʰʷraːʔ/, /*sqʰʷraːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	傻	傻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11040	11041
Phonetic component	傻	傻
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	葰	誜
Old Chinese	/*sqʰʷraːʔ/	/*sqʰʷraːs/

Definitions

傻

foolish; silly; stupid
- 邊個話我傻，我請佢食燒鵝 [Cantonese, trad.]
  边个话我傻，我请佢食烧鹅 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 邊個話我傻 (a traditional song)
  bin¹ go³ waa⁶ ngo⁵ so⁴, ngo⁵ ceng² keoi⁵ sik⁶ siu¹ ngo^4-2 [Jyutping]
  Whoever says I'm silly, I'll treat them with roast goose.
inflexible; naïvely stubborn
blank; dumbfounded
(dialectal Mandarin, including Tianjin Mandarin) very; quite

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傻 (“foolish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	傻
	Taiwan	傻
	Singapore	傻, 戇
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	傻
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	哈, 瓜, 寶
	Wuhan	苕, 哈, 嘎
	Guilin	哈
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	呆, 木足, 瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	呆, 傻
Cantonese	Guangzhou	戇, 傻, 戇居
	Hong Kong	傻, 戇, 戇居
	Taishan	傻, 吽, 戇
	Dongguan	戇, 傻, 吽
	Yangjiang	傻, 戇
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	傻, 戇
	Singapore (Guangfu)	傻, 戇
Gan	Nanchang	蟬
Hakka	Meixian	傻, 戇
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	戇, 傻
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	傻
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	戇
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	戇
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Boluo (Bendihua)	呆愕
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	戇
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	戇鬼
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	傻
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	慢, 嚒
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	戇
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	傻
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	戇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	戇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	戇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	戇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	戇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	戇
Jin	Taiyuan	傻, 二不楞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	賴, 戇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	戇
	Fuzhou (Changle)	戇
	Fuqing	戇
	Yongtai	戇
	Gutian	阿褒
	Fu'an	戇
	Ningde	戇, 庸
	Shouning	戇, 庸
	Zhouning	戇
	Fuding	庸
	Matsu	戇
Southern Min	Xiamen	戇
	Quanzhou	戇, 潲面 vulgar
	Zhangzhou	戇, 哚哥, 潲面 vulgar
	Zhao'an	戇
	Kaohsiung	戇
	Changhua (Lukang)	戇
	Taichung	戇
	Taichung (Wuqi)	呆
	Tainan	槌, 戇
	Hsinchu	戇
	Penghu (Magong)	戇
	Penang (Hokkien)	戇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	戇, 悇, 呆, 歁戇, 戇戇, 戇呆, 呆呆, 悇悇
	Manila (Hokkien)	戇, 戇戇, 洽, 洽潲 vulgar, 洽仔, 山猴, 三八, 三八潲 vulgar
	Chaozhou	㦙, 白仁, 戇
	Jieyang	㦙, 白仁, 戇
	Singapore (Teochew)	㦙, 戇, 悇
	Wenchang	戇, 傻
	Haikou	戇
	Qionghai	戇
	Singapore (Hainanese)	戇
Wu	Shanghai	戇, 壽, 糞
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	戇, 壽, 踱
	Suzhou	戇, 壽, 踱
	Wuxi	戇, 壽
	Tongxiang	踱
	Ningbo	呆, 戇
	Wenzhou	呆, 憨
Xiang	Changsha	寶, 醒
Xiang	Shuangfeng	哈

Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		很, 非常, 十分
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
	Taiwan	很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
	Malaysia	很
	Singapore	很, 蠻, 非常
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	挺, 楞
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	很
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	很, 好
	Chongqing	很
	Wuhan	蠻, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蠻, 稀, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	很
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好, 非常之
	Hong Kong	好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	好
	Taishan	好, 十分之
	Yangjiang	好
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	好
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好, 非常之, 非常
Gan	Nanchang	蠻
Hakka	Meixian	好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
	Huidong (Daling)	好
	Wuhua (Meilin)	好
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頂
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	好
	Changting	野
	Wuping (Pingyu)	已, 刮
	Liancheng	樣
	Ninghua	好
	Ruijin	蠻
	Shicheng	蠻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蠻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 已, 還
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓋, 盡, 還
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 盡, 已, 還
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 已, 還
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 已, 還
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	足, 真, 實在
	Hong Kong	好
	Sabah (Bao'an)	好
	Kuching (Hepo)	很
	Singapore (Dabu)	好
Jin	Taiyuan	很, 挺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	盡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野, 真
	Singapore (Fuqing)	真
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	真
Southern Min	Xiamen	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	真
	Quanzhou	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
	Jinjiang	野
	Zhangzhou	盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
	Zhao'an	很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
	Dongshan	真, 非常
	Taipei	真, 誠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	真, 誠
	Kaohsiung	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Yilan	有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
	Changhua (Lukang)	真, 誠
	Taichung	誠, 蓋, 足
	Tainan	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Hsinchu	真, 誠
	Kinmen	足, 誠
	Penghu (Magong)	真, 誠
	Penang (Hokkien)	真, 誠, 真正
	Singapore (Hokkien)	真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
	Manila (Hokkien)	野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
	Chaozhou	過, 好, 非常, 死爸
	Shantou	過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
	Shantou (Chenghai)	好, 死絕
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 非常
	Jieyang	過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	好
	Singapore (Teochew)	真, 死爸, 非常
	Wenchang	極, 但顧, 真
	Haikou	但顧
	Qionghai	但顧, 真
	Singapore (Hainanese)	但顧, 真
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	好, 蠻
Wu	Shanghai	蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
	Suzhou	蠻, 窮
	Hangzhou	蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
	Ningbo	交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
	Zhoushan	交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
	Wenzhou	蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang	Changsha	很, 蠻
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蠻

Compounds

References

^ 張小豔 (2020 June 5) “說“傻””, in 復旦大學出土文獻與古文字研究中心‎^[1] (in Chinese), Fudan University, archived from the original on 2020-06-20

Japanese

Kanji

傻

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: さ (sa)
Kan-on: さ (sa)

Korean

Hanja

傻 (eum 사 (sa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

傻: Hán Nôm readings: xọa/xoạ, xoe, xọ, xõ

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[1] 張小豔 (2020 June 5) “說“傻””, in 復旦大學出土文獻與古文字研究中心‎^[1] (in Chinese), Fudan University, archived from the original on 2020-06-20

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