呆

Foolish in Chinese: 呆 (dāi)

dāi

foolish

HSK 3.0 Level 52 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1foolish
  2. 2stupid
  3. 3expressionless
  4. 4blank
  5. 5to stay

Stroke order

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呆

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄞ

dāi

ㄉ/ dㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

Example sentences

See 呆 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 你个呆瓜！

    nǐ gè dāi guā！

    You're an idiot!

  • 我在发呆。

    wǒ zài fā dāi。

    I'm out of it.

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Related words

痴呆

chī dāi

imbecility

目瞪口呆

mù dèng kǒu dāi

dumbstruck (idiom)

贷款

dài kuǎn

a loan

当代

dāng dài

the present age

挡

dǎng

to resist

道德

dào dé

virtue

地震

dì zhèn

earthquake

等候

děng hòu

to wait

递

dì

to hand over

电池

diàn chí

battery

冻

dòng

to freeze

洞

dòng

cave

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