| book; letter | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (書呆子/書獃子) | 書 | 呆子/獃子 | |
| simp. (书呆子) | 书 | 呆子 | |
書呆子
Often mistranslated as the neutral bookworm, 書呆子／书呆子 (shūdāizi) carries the negative connotation of someone who buries their head in books and is unable to engage with the wider world.
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 書呆子 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 書呆子 |
| Yantai (Muping) | 書呆子 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 書呆子, 書恛子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 書呆子 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 書呆 |
| Yilan | 書呆 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 書呆 | |
| Taichung | 書呆 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 書癲 | |
| Tainan | 書呆 | |
| Taitung | 書呆 | |
| Hsinchu | 書癲 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 書呆 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 書踱頭 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 書踱頭 | |
| Wuxi | 書踱頭 | |
| Changzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Yixing | 書踱頭 | |
| Danyang | 書獃屄 | |
| Jiangyin | 書踱頭 | |
| Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 書踱頭 | |
| Hangzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Shaoxing | 書踱頭 | |
| Ningbo | 書踱頭, 書大糊 | |
| Yuyao | 書踱頭 | |
| Huangyan | 書腐 | |
| Jinhua | 書夫 | |
| Yongkang | 書腐 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 書憨寶, 書憨子 |
| Loudi | 書呆子 | |