戇大呆

See also: 戆大呆

Chinese

		simple; stupid	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay
trad. (戇大呆)		戇	大	呆
simp. (戆大呆)		戆	大	呆
alternative forms		戇大獃／戆大呆 怣大呆 怣大獃／怣大呆 憨大呆 憨大獃／憨大呆

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōng-tōa-tai

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōng-tōa-tai
    • Tâi-lô: gōng-tuā-tai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goxngdoaxday
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tua³³⁻¹¹ tai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tua³³⁻²¹ tai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tua⁴¹⁻²² tai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ɡɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ tai⁴⁴/

Noun

戇大呆

1. (Southern Min) idiot; fool; stupid person

   • 月老笑阮戇大呆，予風騙毋知。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     月老笑阮戆大呆，予风骗毋知。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 純純 (Sun-sun), 望春風 ("Bāng Chhun-hong")

     Goa̍t-ló chhiò gún gōng-tōa-tai, hō͘ hong phiàn m̄ chai. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The Matchmaker laughs at me, calling me a fool for not knowing the wind deceived me.

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

• “戇大呆”, 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., 2025.