書呆子
Chinese
| book; letter | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (書呆子/書獃子) | 書 | 呆子/獃子 | |
| simp. (书呆子) | 书 | 呆子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shūdāizi
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄉㄞ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shudaizi̊h
- Wade–Giles: shu1-tai1-tzŭ5
- Yale: shū-dāi-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shudai.tzy
- Palladius: шудайцзы (šudajczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: syu1 daai1 zi2
- Yale: syū dāai jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: sy1 daai1 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: xu1 dai1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /syː⁵⁵ taːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
書呆子
- (derogatory) book nerd; pedant
Usage notes
Often mistranslated as the neutral bookworm, 書呆子／书呆子 (shūdāizi) carries the negative connotation of someone who buries their head in books and is unable to engage with the wider world.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 書呆子 (“book nerd; pedant (derogatory)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 書呆子 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 書呆子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 書呆子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 書呆子, 書恛子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 書呆子 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 書呆 |
| Yilan | 書呆 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 書呆 | |
| Taichung | 書呆 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 書癲 | |
| Tainan | 書呆 | |
| Taitung | 書呆 | |
| Hsinchu | 書癲 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 書呆 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 書踱頭 |
| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 書踱頭 | |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 書踱頭 | |
| Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 書踱頭 | |
| Wuxi | 書踱頭 | |
| Changzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Yixing | 書踱頭 | |
| Danyang | 書獃屄 | |
| Jiangyin | 書踱頭 | |
| Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 書踱頭 | |
| Hangzhou | 書踱頭 | |
| Shaoxing | 書踱頭 | |
| Ningbo | 書踱頭, 書大糊 | |
| Yuyao | 書踱頭 | |
| Taizhou (Huangyan) | 書腐 | |
| Jinhua | 書夫 | |
| Yongkang | 書腐 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 書憨寶, 書憨子 |
| Loudi | 書呆子 | |