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 / gû-mūi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵ muê⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gniu-me

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, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-māi
  - Tâi-lô: gû-māi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gumai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ mãi³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ mãi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² mãi²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-mūi
  - Tâi-lô: gû-muī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gumui
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ muĩ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ muĩ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² muĩ⁴¹/
- (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

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

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)

Chinese

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Adjective

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Verb

Descendants

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