遲鈍

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See also: 迟钝

Chinese

		late; delayed; slow	blunt; stupid
trad. (遲鈍)		遲	鈍
simp. (迟钝)		迟	钝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chídùn

(Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ deon⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): ci¹ dung³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tî-tūn

(Teochew, Peng'im): ci⁵ dung⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chídùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chíhdùn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih²-tun⁴
  - Yale: chŕ-dwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrduenn
  - Palladius: чидунь (čidunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ deon⁶
  - Yale: chìh deuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ doen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ dên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ tɵn²²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ci¹ dung³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰz̩¹¹ tũŋ⁴⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-tūn
  - Tâi-lô: tî-tūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: di'dun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴⁻²² tun²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴⁻²² tun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³⁻²² tun²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴⁻¹¹ tun³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ tun³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ci⁵ dung⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshî tŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tuŋ³⁵/

Adjective

遲鈍

(of reaction) slow
retarded; obtuse; dim-witted

Synonyms

(slow):

不快 (bùkuài)
拖拉 (tuōlā)
拖沙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
拖沓 (tuōtà)
拖黐 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
緩慢／缓慢 (huǎnmàn)
舒緩／舒缓 (shūhuǎn)
遲緩／迟缓 (chíhuǎn)
黐拖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

(retarded):

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “slow”): 敏捷 (mǐnjié)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遲鈍):

→ Korean: 지둔(遲鈍) (jidun)
→ Vietnamese: trì độn (遲鈍)

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