大番薯

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	sweet potato; the hell
trad. (大番薯)		大	番薯
simp. ^#(大番薯)		大	番薯

Etymology

The Philippine Hokkien term is possibly due to being a calque of Tagalog kamote (“(slang) act of performing badly on a task”). See also Hokkien ka-mú-tī.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ faan¹ syu^4-2
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thai-fân-sù

(Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ fan¹ su²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-han-chî

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ faan¹ syu^4-2
  - Yale: daaih fāan syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ faan¹ sy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ fan¹ xu^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² faːn⁵⁵ syː²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-fân-sù
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai fan^ˊ su^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ fan¹ su²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ fan²⁴ su¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tai⁴ fan¹ su²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³ fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ su¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-han-chî
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-han-tsî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxhancii
  - IPA (Philippines): /tua⁴¹⁻²² han³³ t͡si²⁴/

Noun

大番薯

(Cantonese, Hakka, Philippine Hokkien) fool; idiot

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
Central Plains Mandarin	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
Jin	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 Min	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
Xiang	Loudi	哈寶, 哈聖, 哈子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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人頭豬腦 / 人头猪脑 (réntóuzhūnǎo) (chiefly Cantonese)
低能兒 / 低能儿 (dīnéng'ér)
侗戇 / 侗戆 (Hokkien)
傻子 (shǎzi)
傻瓜 (shǎguā)
呆大 (Wu)
呆子 (dāizi)
呆瓜 (dāiguā)
哈卵 (ha³ lonn³) (Xiang, Southwestern Mandarin, vulgar)
哚哥 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
喥頭 / 喥头 (Wu)
壋將 / 垱将 (Hokkien)
大戇呆 / 大戆呆 (Hokkien)
大戇牯 / 大戆牯 (Hakka)
愚人 (yúrén)
戇人 / 戆人 (Hakka, Hokkien, Wu)
戇卵 / 戆卵 (Northern Wu, vulgar)
戇呆 / 戆呆 (Hokkien)
戇囝 / 戆囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
戇大 / 戆大 (Wu)
戇大呆 / 戆大呆 (Hokkien)
戇大豬 / 戆大猪 (Hokkien)
戇猴 / 戆猴 (Hokkien)
戇鳩 / 戆鸠 (ngong⁶ gau¹) (Cantonese)
木大 (Wu)
痴子 (chīzi) (regional)
白痴 (báichī)
笨人 (bènrén)
笨蛋 (bèndàn)
笨貨 / 笨货 (bènhuò)
老襯 / 老衬 (lou⁵ can³) (Cantonese)
蠢人 (chǔnrén)
蠢材 (chǔncái)
蠢蛋
豆渣腦殼 / 豆渣脑壳 (dou⁴ za¹ nao³ ko²) (Sichuanese)
錘哥 / 锤哥 (Hokkien)
闇雞 / 𬮴鸡 (Hokkien)
鵝牯 / 鹅牯 (Hakka)