阿呆

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay
trad. (阿呆/阿獃)		阿	呆/獃
simp. (阿呆)		阿	呆

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ādāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄉㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ādāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄉㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: adai
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-tai¹
    • Yale: ā-dāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: adai
    • Palladius: адай (adaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

阿呆

1. fool

Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
阿	呆
あ Jinmeiyō (ateji)	ほう Hyōgai (ateji)
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
阿房

[apau] → [aɸau] → [aɸoː] → [ahoː].

Kanji spelling is ateji (当て字)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あほー [àhóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ho̞ː]

Adjective

阿(あ)呆(ほう) • (ahō) ^{←あはう (afau)?}-na (adnominal 阿(あ)呆(ほう)な (ahō na), adverbial 阿(あ)呆(ほう)に (ahō ni))

1. foolish
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 13:

     Afǒna. アハゥナ (阿房な)　馬鹿な(者, または, こと).

     Ahō na. Stupid (person or thing).

Noun

阿(あ)呆(ほう) • (ahō) ^{←あはう (afau)?}

1. a foolish person or action
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 13:

     Afǒ. アハゥ (阿房)　Vtçuqe(虚)に同じ. 愚かな人, 馬鹿者. ¶ また, 馬鹿なこと. ¶ Afǒuo yǔ.(阿房を言ふ) 馬鹿なことを言う.

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   • 1923–1927, 芥川龍之介, 侏儒の言葉‎, 青空文庫:

     阿呆(あほう)はいつも彼以外(かれいがい)の人人(ひとびと)を悉(ことごと)く阿呆(あほう)と考(かんが)えている。

     Ahō wa itsumo kare igai no hitobito o kotogotoku ahō to kangaete iru.

     A fool is always thinking that people other than him are all fools.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 阿呆臭(あほうくさ)い (ahōkusai)
• 阿呆口(あほうぐち) (ahōguchi)
• 阿呆力(あほうぢから) (ahōjikara)
• 阿呆面(あほうづら) (ahōzura)
• 信天翁(あほうどり) (ahōdori)
• 阿呆(あほう)に付(つ)ける薬(くすり)なし (ahō ni tsukeru kusuri nashi)
• 阿呆(あほう)の三杯汁(さんばいじる) (ahō no sanbai-jiru)
• 阿呆(あほう)の話食(はなしぐ)い (ahō no hanashi-gui)
• 阿呆(あほう)の一(ひと)つ覚(おぼ)え (ahō no hitotsu oboe)
• 阿房払(あほうばら)い (ahōbarai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
阿	呆
あ Jinmeiyō (ateji)	ほ Hyōgai (ateji)
on'yomi

A contraction from ahō → aho.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あほ [àhóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ho̞]

Adjective

阿(あ)呆(ほ) or 阿呆(アホ) • (aho) -na (adnominal 阿(あ)呆(ほ)な (aho na), adverbial 阿(あ)呆(ほ)に (aho ni))

1. (Kansai) foolish

Synonyms

• 馬鹿(ばか) (baka)

Noun

阿(あ)呆(ほ) or 阿呆(アホ) • (aho) 

1. (Kansai) a foolish person or action

Synonyms

• 馬鹿(ばか) (baka)

Derived terms

• アホ毛(げ) (ahoge)
• 阿呆陀羅(あほだら) (ahodara)
• 阿呆垂(あほた)れ (ahotare)
• 阿呆(あほ)らしい (ahorashii)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.