呆: dull; stupid; foolish

 

呆 dāi

adjective | verb
: foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay

Kun Reading

呆け | ぼけ boke

noun | suffix
: (Usually written using kana alone) idiot; fool; touched in the head (from); out of it (from); space case
: funny man (of a comedy duo); (in comedy) silly or stupid line
: Alzheimer’s (impol)

呆ける | ぼける bokeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to grow senile; to be childish with age
: to be mentally slow; to be befuddled

呆れる | あきれる akireru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted

呆ける | ほうける boukeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to grow senile; to be childish with age
: to be mentally slow; to be befuddled
: to become engrossed (in something)

 Usage:

呆住 dai1zhu4: to be dumbfounded; to be astonished

呆子 dai1zi: fool; sucker

呆帳[帐] dai1zhang4: bad debt

呆板 dai1ban3: stiff; inflexible

呆根 dai1gen1: ool; stupid

發[发]呆 fa1dai1: to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought

癡[痴]呆 chi1dai1: imbecility; dementia [痴呆 | ちほう chihou: dementia]

看呆 kan4dai1: to gape at; to stare blankly; to stare in rapture; to stare in awe

驚[惊]呆 jing1dai1: stupefied; stunned

呆呆 dai1dai1: numb

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
阿呆 | あほ aho: fool; simpleton; idiot

ど阿呆 | どあほう doahou OR どあほ doaho
: (ksb:) total idiot; fuck-wit

大呆け | おおぼけ ooboke
: great idiot; fool; (saying) something silly or stupid

阿呆たれ | あほたれ ahotare
: (kana only) fool; idiot

阿呆臭い | あほくさい ahoukusai
: (kana only) ridiculous; stupid; laughable

阿呆野郎 | あほやろう ahoyarou
: (kana only) (derogatory term) (ksb:) idiot; bastard; fuck-wit

阿呆陀羅 | あほんだら ahondara OR あほだら ahodara
: (kana only) (ksb:) fool; oaf; airhead

呆れて物が言えない | あきれてものがいえない akirete mono ga ie nai
: utterly scandalized

呆然自失 | ぼうぜんじしつ bouzen jishitsu
: (yoji) stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded

一読呆然 | いちどくぼうぜん ichidoku bouzen
: (yoji) a (single) reading (a perusal) leaves one dumbfounded

阿呆ちゃうか | あほちゃうか aho chau ka
: (Is one) stupid or something?

聞いて呆れる | きいてあきれる kiite akireru
: to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief
: who do you think you’re kidding by saying; What a laugh!

阿呆の三杯汁 | あほうのさんばいじる ahou no sanbai jiru
: only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons

阿呆の話食い | あほうのはなしぐい ahou no hanashi gui
: fools act without thinking

阿呆に付ける薬無し | あほうにつけるくすりなし ahou ni tsukeru kusuri nashi
: (proverb) There’s no medicine for stupidity

阿呆の足下使い | あほうのあしもとづかい ahou no ashi moto zukai
: fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things

Chinese common word | chengyu 成語 | expression | idiom
帥呆了 [帅呆了] shuai4 dai1 le5
: awesome; brilliant; magnificent

書呆子 [书呆子] shu1 dai1 zi5
: bookworm; pedant; bookish fool

呆若木雞 [呆若木鸡] dai1 ruo4 mu4 ji1
: lit. dumb as a wooden chicken; fig. dumbstruck

目怔口呆 mu4 zheng1 kou3 dai1
: lit. eye startled, mouth struck dumb; stunned; stupefied

目瞪口呆 mu4 deng4 kou3 dai1
: dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned