歁戇

Chinese

	unsatisfied (of eating)	simple; stupid
trad. (歁戇)	歁	戇
simp. (歁戆)	歁	戆
alternative forms	歁怣憨戇／憨戆

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khám-gōng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khám-gōng
  - Tâi-lô: khám-gōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qafmgong
  - IPA (Singapore): /kʰam⁴²⁻²⁴ ɡɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡɔŋ³³/

Adjective

歁戇

(Hokkien) stupid; foolish

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)
愚昧 (yúmèi)
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)

Dialectal synonyms of 傻 (“foolish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	傻
	Taiwan	傻
	Singapore	傻, 戇
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	傻
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	哈, 瓜, 寶
	Wuhan	苕, 哈, 嘎
	Guilin	哈
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	呆, 木足, 瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	呆, 傻
Cantonese	Guangzhou	戇, 傻, 戇居
	Hong Kong	傻, 戇, 戇居
	Taishan	傻, 吽, 戇
	Dongguan	戇, 傻, 吽
	Yangjiang	傻, 戇
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	傻, 戇
	Singapore (Guangfu)	傻, 戇
Gan	Nanchang	蟬
Hakka	Meixian	傻, 戇
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	戇, 傻
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	傻
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	戇
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	戇
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Boluo (Bendihua)	呆愕
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	戇
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	戇鬼
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	傻
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	慢, 嚒
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	戇
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	傻
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	戇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	戇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	戇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	戇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	戇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	戇
Jin	Taiyuan	傻, 二不楞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	賴, 戇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	戇
	Fuzhou (Changle)	戇
	Fuqing	戇
	Yongtai	戇
	Gutian	阿褒
	Fu'an	戇
	Ningde	戇, 庸
	Shouning	戇, 庸
	Zhouning	戇
	Fuding	庸
	Matsu	戇
Southern Min	Xiamen	戇
	Quanzhou	戇, 潲面 vulgar
	Zhangzhou	戇, 哚哥, 潲面 vulgar
	Zhao'an	戇
	Kaohsiung	戇
	Changhua (Lukang)	戇
	Taichung	戇
	Taichung (Wuqi)	呆
	Tainan	槌, 戇
	Hsinchu	戇
	Penghu (Magong)	戇
	Penang (Hokkien)	戇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	戇, 悇, 呆, 歁戇, 戇戇, 戇呆, 呆呆, 悇悇
	Manila (Hokkien)	戇, 戇戇, 洽, 洽潲 vulgar, 洽仔, 山猴, 三八, 三八潲 vulgar
	Chaozhou	㦙, 白仁, 戇
	Jieyang	㦙, 白仁, 戇
	Singapore (Teochew)	㦙, 戇, 悇
	Wenchang	戇, 傻
	Haikou	戇
	Qionghai	戇
	Singapore (Hainanese)	戇
Wu	Shanghai	戇, 壽, 糞
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	戇, 壽, 踱
	Suzhou	戇, 壽, 踱
	Wuxi	戇, 壽
	Tongxiang	踱
	Ningbo	呆, 戇
	Wenzhou	呆, 憨
Xiang	Changsha	寶, 醒
Xiang	Shuangfeng	哈

Dialectal synonyms of 笨 (“stupid; lacking intelligence”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	笨
	Taiwan	笨
	Singapore	笨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	笨
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	悶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	笨, 蠢
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	笨, 蠢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	笨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	笨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠢, 笨
	Hong Kong	蠢, 笨
	Yangjiang	吽, 塞督, 塞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠢
Gan	Nanchang	笨, 蠢
Hakka	Meixian	笨
Jin	Taiyuan	笨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	笨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	愚, 笨
Southern Min	Xiamen	笨
Southern Min	Singapore (Teochew)	白仁
Wu	Suzhou	笨
Wu	Wenzhou	呆, 笨
Xiang	Changsha	蠢
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蠢

Descendants

→ English: kam gong, kum gong, cum gong

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “憨戇”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “歁怣”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 331.