呆若木雞

Chinese

		foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	tree; wood	fowl; chicken
trad. (呆若木雞)		呆	若	木	雞
simp. (呆若木鸡)		呆	若	木	鸡
Literally: “dumb as a wooden chicken”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāiruòmùjī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁴ joek⁶ muk⁶ gai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dāiruòmùjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dairuohmuhji
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dairuòmùji
  - IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯˥ ʐwɔ˥˩꜒꜔ mu˥˩ t͡ɕi˥/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁴ joek⁶ muk⁶ gai¹
  - Yale: ngòih yeuhk muhk gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁴ joek⁹ muk⁹ gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁴ yêg⁶ mug⁶ gei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːy̯˨˩ jœ̽ːk˨ mʊk˨ kɐi̯˥/

Idiom

呆若木雞

dumbstruck

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