愚昧

Chinese

		stupid	conceal; dark
trad. (愚昧)		愚	昧
simp. #(愚昧)		愚	昧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ mui⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gû-bī / gû-māi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵ muê⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gniu-me

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúmèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúmèi
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-mei⁴
    • Yale: yú-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yumey
    • Palladius: юймэй (jujmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ mui⁶
    • Yale: yùh muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ muːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-bī
    • Tâi-lô: gû-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'bi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² bi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-māi
    • Tâi-lô: gû-māi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gumai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² mãi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁵ muê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô muĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mue³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gniu-me
    • MiniDict: nyu^去 me
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy-me
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²² me⁴⁴/

Adjective

愚昧

1. ignorant; benighted

   一個愚昧的人總以為自己是對的。 [MSC, trad.]
   一个愚昧的人总以为自己是对的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīge yúmèi de rén zǒng yǐwèi zìjǐ shì duì de. [Pinyin]

   Ignorant people always believe they are right.

   消除愚昧  ―  xiāochú yúmèi  ―  to eliminate ignorance

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)

 

Verb

愚昧

1. to keep ignorant; to keep in the dark

   愚昧百姓  ―  yúmèi bǎixìng  ―  to keep the common people in the dark

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (愚昧):

• → Japanese: 愚(ぐ)昧(まい) (gumai)
• → Korean: 우매(愚昧) (umae)
• → Vietnamese: ngu muội (愚昧)

See also

• 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)