孝呆

Chinese

		filial	foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay
trad. (孝呆)		孝	呆
simp. #(孝呆)		孝	呆

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hàu-tai

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàu-tai
    • Tâi-lô: hàu-tai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hao'day
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau²¹⁻⁴¹ tai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hau²¹⁻⁵³ tai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /hau²¹⁻⁴² tai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau¹¹⁻⁵³ tai⁴⁴/

Adjective

孝呆

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese and Singapore Hokkien) stupid; foolish; unwise

Synonyms

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• 呆
• 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
• 呆痴 (dāichī)
• 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 𡳞鳥面 / 𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 愚戇 / 愚戆 (Hokkien)
• 愚昧 (yúmèi)
• 愚笨 (yúbèn)
• 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
• 愚鈍 / 愚钝 (yúdùn)
• 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
• 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
• 撚樣 / 撚样 (lan² joeng^6-2) (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 暗昧 (ànmèi)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄 / 梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
• 海鱟 / 海鲎 (Hokkien)
• 混鈍 / 混钝 (Hokkien)
• 痴呆
• 發踱 / 发踱 (⁷faq ⁸doq) (Wu)
• 笨 (bèn)
• 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
• 笨車車 / 笨车车 (Hokkien)
• 臭笨 (Hokkien)
• 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 蠢 (chǔn)
• 蠢氣 / 蠢气 (qyn³ qi⁴) (Xiang)
• 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
• 袋屎 (Hokkien)
• 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
• 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 遲鈍 / 迟钝 (chídùn)
• 阿西 (Hokkien)
• 頇顢 / 顸颟 (Hokkien)
• 鱟 / 鲎 (Hokkien)
• 鳩拙 / 鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	笨
	Taiwan	笨
	Singapore	笨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	笨
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	悶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	笨, 蠢
	Wuhan	笨, 蠢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	笨
	Hefei	笨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠢, 笨
	Hong Kong	蠢, 笨
	Yangjiang	吽, 塞督, 塞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠢
Gan	Nanchang	笨, 蠢
Hakka	Meixian	笨
Jin	Taiyuan	笨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	笨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	愚, 笨
Southern Min	Xiamen	笨
	Singapore (Teochew)	白仁
Wu	Suzhou	笨
	Wenzhou	呆, 笨
Xiang	Changsha	蠢
	Shuangfeng	蠢

Dialectal synonyms of 笨 (“stupid; lacking intelligence”) [map]

References

• “Entry #3097”, 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.