戇人

Chinese

		simple; stupid	man; person; people
trad. (戇人)		戇	人
simp. (戆人)		戆	人
alternative forms		戇儂／戆侬 Min Nan 怣儂／怣侬 怣人 憨人

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngong-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōng-lâng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gaon-gnin₆

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngong-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngong ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngong⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoŋ⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōng-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: gōng-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goxnglaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡɔŋ²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔŋ²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔŋ³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gaon-gnin₆
    • MiniDict: gaon^去 nyin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³gaan-nyin₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɡɑ̃²² n̠ʲin⁴⁴/

Noun

戇人

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, Wu) stupid person

Synonyms

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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)
• 大番薯 (Hakka)
• 愚人 (yúrén)
• 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)

 

References

• “Entry #13449”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.