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Chinese
Pronunciation
Adjective
愚昧
- ignorant; benighted
一個愚昧的人總以為自己是對的。
一个愚昧的人总以为自己是对的。 - Yīge yúmèi de rén zǒng yǐwèi zìjǐ shì duì de.
- Ignorant people always believe they are right.
- 消除愚昧 ― xiāochú yúmèi ― to eliminate ignorance
Synonyms
- 呆
- 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
- 呆痴 (dāichī)
- 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
- 𡳞鳥面 / 𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
- 愚戇 / 愚戆 (Hokkien)
- 愚笨 (yúbèn)
- 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
- 愚鈍 / 愚钝 (yúdùn)
- 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
- 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
- 撚樣 / 撚样 (lan2 joeng6-2) (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)
Verb
愚昧
- to keep ignorant; to keep in the dark
- 愚昧百姓 ― yúmèi bǎixìng ― to keep the common people in the dark
Descendants
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