傻佬

Chinese

		foolish	man; guy
trad. (傻佬)		傻	佬
simp. #(傻佬)		傻	佬

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so⁴ lou²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so⁴ lou²
    • Yale: sòh lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so⁴ lou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: so⁴ lou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː²¹ lou̯³⁵/

Noun

傻佬

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Zhongshan Min) stupid man; fool
2. (Cantonese) madman; lunatic

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傻子 (“fool; idiot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傻子, 傻瓜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	傻狗兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative
	Taiwan	傻子, 傻瓜, 凱子
	Harbin	傻子, 傻狍子, 傻錛兒錛兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative
	Singapore	傻瓜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	傻瓜, 傻子, 呆子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	傻瓜, 傻屌, 傻膀
	Xuzhou	傻子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	傻子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	哈巴兒, 哈娃兒, 嘻瓜娃兒, 吞兒寶
	Guilin	哈崽, 哈卵 vulgar
	Liuzhou	傻崽, 哈崽
	Luzhai	傻崽, 哈崽, 憨崽
	Nanning (Wuming)	痴崽, 癲崽
	Dagudi (Maliba)	楞人
	Reshuitang (Longling)	傻瓜, 憨包
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	傻瓜, 笨蛋, 憨包, 包人
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	傻瓜, 憨人
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	傻子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	傻瓜, 阿傻, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 戇居仔 boy
	Hong Kong	傻瓜, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 傻妹 girl, 死蠢, kai子 dated slang, Lulu dated slang, Robert male, dated slang, Robert仔 male, dated slang, 孟加拉 dated slang
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	懵佬
	Macau	傻佬
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Foshan	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Foshan (Shunde)	傻佬, 傻仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	傻仔, 蠢仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	傻仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	傻仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	傻佬
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	傻仔, 傻佬
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	傻仔, 傻佬
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	傻佬
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	傻佬
	Taishan	吽仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	吽仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	傻仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	傻仔
	Dongguan	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy, 懵女 girl
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Beihai	傻瓜
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	傻仔, 傻佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	傻佬, 傻婆, 廢佬
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	傻仔, 傻佬
	Penang (Guangfu)	傻仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	傻仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	傻佬
	Móng Cái	傻仔, 傻佬
Gan	Nanchang	蟬頭
Hakka	Meixian	傻瓜, 戇牯, 傻貨, 傻仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	傻佬
	Hong Kong	傻佬
Jin	Taiyuan	傻子, 傻屄 pejorative
	Xinzhou	傻瓜子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	賴仔, 賴撇仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	戇儂, 歁囝
	Taipei	戇儂 GT, 戇猴 GT, 宋盼的 GT, 盼仔 GT
	Tainan	戇儂, 戇虎的
	Penang (Hokkien)	戇儂, 戇居, 柴頭, 戇囝, 傻仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	戇囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	山猴, 戇戇鬼, 洽洽仔, 三八儂, ka-mú-tī, 大番薯
	Shantou	傻瓜, 㦙囝, 傻哥
	Leizhou	妃松, 老松, 山邁
	Haikou	傻囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	傻佬
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	傻佬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	傻崽
Wu	Shanghai	戇人, 阿戇, 踱頭, 壽頭, 戇浮屍 vulgar
Xiang	Changsha	哈寶, 苕它, 蠢人子, 蠢寶, 痴呆子, 哈卵 vulgar
	Loudi	哈寶, 哈聖, 哈子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 瘋子 (“lunatic; mad person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		狂人
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘋子, 瘋人
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瘋子
	Taiwan	瘋子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瘋子, 瘋漢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	痴子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	瘋子
	Xi'an	瘋子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	瘋子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	瘋子
	Wuhan	瘋子, 魔氣, 八面威, 八面
	Guilin	瘋子, 癲子
	Pingle	瘋子, 癲子
	Liuzhou	癲子, 癲婆 woman, 癲崽 man
	Luzhai	瘋子, 癲子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	瘋人
	Reshuitang (Longling)	瘋子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	瘋人
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	瘋人
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	瘋子
	Hefei	瘋子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	癲佬 man, 癲婆 woman, 癲仔 boy, 癲女 girl, 傻佬 man
	Hong Kong	癲佬 man, 癲婆 woman, 黐線佬 man, 黐線婆 woman, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	癲佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	發癲佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	癲佬
	Yangjiang	戇佬 man, 戇婆 woman, 戇仔 boy, 戇妹 girl
	Beihai	癲佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	癲仔, 癲佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	癲佬
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	癲仔, 癲佬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	癲佬
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	癲佬
	Móng Cái	癲仔, 癲佬
Gan	Nanchang	瘋子
	Pingxiang	癲子, 癲婆子 woman
Hakka	Meixian	癲仔, 癲鬼, 癲牯 man, 癲嫲 woman
	Hong Kong	發癲佬, 懵佬
	Senai (Huiyang)	戇佬
Jin	Taiyuan	瘋子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	發癲仔, 發癲婆 woman
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	癲脬
Southern Min	Xiamen	痟的, 神經的
	Quanzhou	痟的, 神經的
	Zhangzhou	魔神仔, 魔的, 神經的
	Tainan	痟的
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痟囝
	Chaozhou	痟
	Shantou	痟囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	痟儂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	痟儂
	Leizhou	妃戇
Puxian Min	Putian	痟神
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	癲佬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	癲崽 man
Wu	Shanghai	痴子, 瘋子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	痴子
	Suzhou	痴子
	Danyang	瘋子
	Wenzhou	癲人
	Jinhua	癲鬼兒 man, 癲婆 woman
Xiang	Changsha	癲子, 瘋子, 八面子
	Loudi	癲子, 癲婆子 woman
	Shuangfeng	癲子