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呆

dāi
HSK 5

“Foolish” in Chinese is 呆 (dāi).

Other characters with the syllable dai: see all 10 →

Meaning

  • foolish; stupid
  • expressionless; blank
  • foolish; stupid (variant of 呆[dai1])
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  • expressionless; blank (variant of 呆[dai1])
  • variant of 待[dai1]

Example

他们惊得目瞪口呆。

They were left speechless.

From 目瞪口呆 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 呆

痴呆chīdāistupid; dullHSK 7-9目瞪口呆mùdèng-kǒudāidumbstruck; stupefied; stunnedHSK 7-9

More HSK 5 characters

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