人頭豬腦

Chinese

		human head; number of people (compare Latin	pig brain
trad. (人頭豬腦)		人頭	豬腦
simp. (人头猪脑)		人头	猪脑
Literally: “with a human's head and a pig's brain”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): réntóuzhūnǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄋㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ tau⁴ zyu¹ nou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: réntóuzhūnǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄋㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: réntóujhunǎo
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-tʻou²-chu¹-nao³
  - Yale: rén-tóu-jū-nǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rentourjunao
  - Palladius: жэньтоучжунао (žɛnʹtoučžunao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ tau⁴ zyu¹ nou⁵
  - Yale: yàhn tàuh jyū nóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ tau⁴ dzy¹ nou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ teo⁴ ju¹ nou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵ nou̯¹³/

Noun

人頭豬腦

(chiefly Cantonese, idiomatic) idiot, imbecile, numbskull
- 2018, Come Home Love: Lo and Behold, episode 360, spoken by 龍力蓮 (Mandy Lam Suk Man), via TVB Jade:
  
  你呢隻人頭豬腦，咁簡單嘅錯你都可以犯嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  你呢只人头猪脑，咁简单嘅错你都可以犯嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  nei⁵ ni¹ zek³ jan⁴ tau⁴ zyu¹ nou⁵, gam³ gaan² daan¹ ge³ co³ nei⁵ dou¹ ho² ji⁵ faan⁶ ge³. [Jyutping]
  You imbecile, how could you make such a stupid mistake?

Synonyms

低能兒 / 低能儿 (dīnéng'ér)
侗戇 / 侗戆 (Hokkien)
傻子 (shǎzi)
傻瓜 (shǎguā)
北七 (běiqī) (Taiwanese Mandarin, slang)
呆大 (Wu)
呆子 (dāizi)
呆瓜 (dāiguā)
哈卵 (ha³ lonn³) (Xiang, Southwestern Mandarin, vulgar)
哚哥 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
喥頭 / 喥头 (Wu)
壋將 / 垱将 (Hokkien)
大戇呆 / 大戆呆 (Hokkien)
大戇牯 / 大戆牯 (Hakka)
大番薯 (Hakka)
愚人 (yúrén)
戇人 / 戆人 (Hakka, Hokkien, Wu)
戇卵 / 戆卵 (Northern Wu, vulgar)
戇呆 / 戆呆 (Hokkien)
戇囝 / 戆囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
戇大 / 戆大 (Wu)
戇大呆 / 戆大呆 (Hokkien)
戇大豬 / 戆大猪 (Hokkien)
戇猴 / 戆猴 (Hokkien)
戇鳩 / 戆鸠 (ngong⁶ gau¹) (Cantonese)
木大 (Wu)
痴子 (chīzi) (regional)
白痴 (báichī)
笨人 (bènrén)
笨蛋 (bèndàn)
笨貨 / 笨货 (bènhuò)
老襯 / 老衬 (lou⁵ can³) (Cantonese)
蠢人 (chǔnrén)
蠢材 (chǔncái)
蠢蛋
豆渣腦殼 / 豆渣脑壳 (dou⁴ za¹ nao³ ko²) (Sichuanese)
錘哥 / 锤哥 (Hokkien)
闇雞 / 𬮴鸡 (Hokkien)
鵝牯 / 鹅牯 (Hakka)