呆 (ngoi4) — dumb; dull; idiotic; silly in Cantonese
ngoiˎ₄呆Mandarin Pinyin: dai1
Meaning of 呆
noundumb; dull; idiotic; silly
nounvariant of 待 'stay'
nounblank; rigid; stupefied
Example Sentences with 呆
mongˍ₆望zyuˍ₆住kwanˎ₄群singˉ¹星faat˗₃發ngoi1.呆。
Staring blankly at the stars.
keoiˏ₅佢faat˗₃發saai˗₃晒doiˉ¹呆。
He's spacing out.
neiˏ₅你faat˗₃發saai˗₃晒doiˉ¹呆meˉ¹咩？
Are you spacing out?
ngoˏ₅我faat˗₃發saai˗₃晒doiˉ¹呆laa˗₃喇。
I'm spacing out now.
taiˊ²睇jeˏ₅嘢faat˗₃發saai˗₃晒doiˉ¹呆。
Staring blankly at things.
Words Containing 呆
嚇呆haak3 ngoi4
dumbfounded; to be aghast (at); be petrified; be frozen
癡呆ci1 ngoi4
dementia [medical] [Var.] 痴呆
呆若木雞ngoi4 joek6 muk6 gai1
transfixed, dumbstruck, dumb as a wooden chicken
木呆呆muk6 ngoi4 ngoi4
stupid, "wooden"
痴呆ci1 ngoi4
dull-witted, stupid, slow
目定口呆muk6 ding6 hau2 ngoi4
stunned and speechless
癡呆症ci1 ngoi4 zing3
senile dementia
呆鈍ngoi4 deon6
slack (as in dull, not smart)
老人癡呆症lou5 jan4 ci1 ngoi4 zing3
Alzheimer's disease (AD); senile dementia
發呆faat3 ngoi4
發吽哣
書呆子syu1 ngoi4 zi2
書獃子
呆子ngoi4 zi2
fool; sucker; idiot
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