Definition
傻 (shǎ) means 'foolish, silly' and is the most common everyday word for someone who is naive, gullible, or does something unwise. It's less harsh than 笨 (bèn 'slow-witted') and 蠢 (chǔn 'dull, stupid'), and can also mean 'stunned, dumbfounded' (e.g., 吓傻了 'scared stupid'). 愚蠢 (yúchǔn) is more formal and literary.
adjective
foolishstupidsillystunneddumbfounded
Easily confused
- 化huàlook-alike(suffix) -ize; -ification; to make into a certain state
- 杀shāsound-aliketo kill; to murder
- 仅jǐnlook-alikeonly; merely; barely
- 纱shāsound-alikecotton yarn
Examples
- 。Bié zuò zhè zhǒng shǎ shì.Don't do such a foolish thing.
- ，傻。Tīngdào zhè ge jiéguǒ, tā wánquán shǎ le.He was completely stunned by this result.
- 傻，。Nǐ zhēn shǎ, jìngrán xiāngxìn tā.You are so foolish that you actually believed him.
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