阿呆

Language

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay
trad. (阿呆/阿獃)		阿	呆/獃
simp. (阿呆)		阿	呆

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese Category:Chinese terms borrowed from Japanese#阜05口04 Category:Chinese orthographic borrowings from Japanese#阜05口04 Category:Chinese terms derived from Japanese#阜05口04.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ādāi

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄉㄞ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ādāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄉㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: adai
  - Wade–Giles: a¹-tai¹
  - Yale: ā-dāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: adai
  - Palladius: адай (adaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵⁵/

Category:Chinese lemmas#阜05口04 Category:Mandarin lemmas#阜05口04 Category:Chinese nouns#阜05口04 Category:Mandarin nouns#阜05口04 Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#阜05口04 Category:Chinese terms spelled with 阿#阜05口04 Category:Chinese terms spelled with 呆#阜05口04

Noun

阿呆Category:Chinese lemmas#阜05口04 Category:Chinese nouns#阜05口04 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#阜05口04 Category:Pages with entries#阿呆 Category:Pages with 2 entries#阿呆

fool

Category:zh:People#阜05口04

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

阿呆

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
阿	呆
あ Jinmeiyō (ateji)	ほう Hyōgai (ateji)
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
阿房

Category:Japanese terms spelled with ateji#あほう Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#あほう Category:Japanese terms spelled with 阿 read as あ#あほう Category:Japanese terms spelled with 呆 read as ほう#あほう Category:Japanese terms read with on'yomi#あほう

[apau] → [aɸau] → [aɸoː] → [ahoː].

Kanji spelling is ateji (当(あ)て字(じ))Category:Japanese terms spelled with ateji#あほう

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あほー [àhóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠ho̞ː]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#あほう

Category:Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#あほう Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#あほう

Adjective

阿(あ)呆(ほう) • (ahōCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#阿呆 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#阿呆) ^{←あはう (afau)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#阿呆^?}-na (adnominal 阿(あ)呆(ほう)な (ahō na), adverbial 阿(あ)呆(ほう)に (ahō ni))Category:Japanese lemmas#あほう Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#あほう Category:Japanese adjectives#あほう Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#あほう Category:Japanese な-na adjectives#あほう Category:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#あほう Category:Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji#あほう Category:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#あほう Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#あほう Category:Pages with entries#阿呆 Category:Pages with 2 entries#阿呆

foolish
- 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 13:
  Afǒna. アハゥナ (阿房な)　馬鹿な(者, または, こと).
  Ahō na. Stupid (person or thing).
  Category:Japanese terms with quotations#阿呆

Noun

阿(あ)呆(ほう) • (ahōCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#阿呆 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#阿呆) ^{←あはう (afau)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#阿呆^?}Category:Japanese lemmas#あほう Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#あほう Category:Japanese nouns#あほう Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#あほう Category:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#あほう Category:Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji#あほう Category:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#あほう Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#あほう Category:Pages with entries#阿呆 Category:Pages with 2 entries#阿呆

a foolish person or action
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:馬鹿者
- 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 13:
  Afǒ. アハゥ (阿房)　Vtçuqe(虚)に同じ. 愚かな人, 馬鹿者.
  また, 馬鹿なこと.
  Afǒuo yǔ.(阿房を言ふ) 馬鹿なことを言う.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  Category:Japanese terms with quotations#阿呆 Category:Requests for translations of Portuguese quotations#阿呆
- 1923–1927, 芥川龍之介, 侏儒の言葉‎, 青空文庫:
  
  阿(あ)呆(ほう)はいつも彼(かれ)以(い)外(がい)の人(ひと)人(びと)を悉(ことごと)く阿(あ)呆(ほう)と考(かんが)えている。
  Ahō wa itsumo kare igai no hitobito o kotogotoku ahō to kangaete iru.
  A fool is always thinking that people other than him are all fools.
  Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#あほう Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#あほう

Derived terms

阿(あ)呆(ほう)臭(く)い(さい) (ahōkusai)
阿(あ)呆(ほう)口(ぐち) (ahōguchi)
阿(あ)呆(ほう)力(ぢから) (ahōjikara)
阿(あ)呆(ほう)面(づら) (ahōzura)
信(あ)天(ほう)翁(どり) (ahōdori)
阿(あ)呆(ほう)に付(つ)ける薬(くすり)なし (ahō ni tsukeru kusuri nashi)
阿(あ)呆(ほう)の三(さん)杯(ばい)汁(じる) (ahō no sanbai-jiru)
阿(あ)呆(ほう)の話(はなし)食(ぐ)い (ahō no hanashi-gui)
阿(あ)呆(ほう)の一(ひと)つ覚(おぼ)え (ahō no hitotsu oboe)
阿(あ)房(ほう)払(ばら)い (ahōbarai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
阿	呆
あ Jinmeiyō (ateji)	ほ Hyōgai (ateji)
on'yomi

Category:Japanese terms spelled with ateji#あほ Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#あほ Category:Japanese terms spelled with 阿 read as あ#あほ Category:Japanese terms spelled with 呆 read as ほ#あほ Category:Japanese terms read with on'yomi#あほ

A contraction from ahō → aho.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あほ [àhóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [a̠ho̞]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#あほう

Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#あほう Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#あほう

Adjective

阿(あ)呆(ほ) or 阿呆(アホ) • (ahoCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#阿呆 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#阿呆) -na (adnominal 阿(あ)呆(ほ)な (aho na), adverbial 阿(あ)呆(ほ)に (aho ni))Category:Japanese lemmas#あほ Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#あほ Category:Japanese adjectives#あほ Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#あほ Category:Japanese な-na adjectives#あほ Category:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#あほ Category:Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji#あほ Category:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#あほ Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#あほ Category:Pages with entries#阿呆 Category:Pages with 2 entries#阿呆

(Kansai Category:Kansai Japanese#あほう) foolish

Synonyms

馬鹿(ばか) (baka)

Derived terms

References

↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#阿呆 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#阿呆 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲阿^▲呆”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Doi, Tadao (1603–1604), Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.

Category:ja:People#あほう Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#あほう

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