傻 (shǎ): foolish
傻 (shǎ) is a Chinese character meaning “foolish.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural), 囟 (structural), 八 (structural) and 夂 (structural). It ranks #1962 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 傻 a man 亻 being hit 夂 on the head 囟. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- foolish
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA man 亻 being hit 夂 on the head 囟
Decomposition: ⿰亻⿳囟八夂 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 傻瓜noun | shǎ guā | idiot |
| 傻子noun | shǎ zi | idiot |
| 装傻verb | zhuāng shǎ | to act stupid |
| 傻笑verb | shǎ xiào | to giggle |
| 傻话noun | shǎ huà | foolish talk |
| 傻乎乎adjective | shǎ hū hū | feeble-minded |
| 傻气adjective | shǎ qì | foolish |
| 傻眼verb | shǎ yǎn | (coll.) stunned |
| 装疯卖傻phrase | zhuāng fēng mài shǎ | (idiom) to play the fool |
| 傻里傻气adjective | shǎ li shǎ qì | foolish |
| 傻瓜相机noun | shǎ guā xiàng jī | point-and-shoot camera |
| 呆傻adjective | dāi shǎ | stupid |
| 傻大个儿 | shǎ dà gè r | stupid great hulk of a man |
| 傻大个noun | shǎ dà gè | idiot |
| 傻人有傻福proverb | shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú | fortune favors fools (idiom) |
傻 appears in 39 compound words: 79 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 3 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 傻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Showing 4 of 5 idioms containing 傻.
Example Sentences
傻瓜做事，不计后果。
Shǎguā zuò shì, bù jì hòuguǒ.
Fools act without considering consequences.
...画 舔毛后竟判若两猫?崩坏反差让网民全看傻
. . . huà tiǎn máo hòu jìng pàn ruò liǎng māo ? bēng huài fǎn chā ràng wǎng mín quán kàn shǎ
... Draw after licking the fur, it is judged like two cats? The contrast of the collapse made netizens look stupid
3分钟1吸菸区? 她傻眼呛吴欣岱:逼大家3分钟就吸一口二手菸
3 fēn zhōng 1 xī 菸 qū ? tā shǎ yǎn qiàng wú xīn 岱 : bī dà jiā 3 fēn zhōng jiù xī yī kǒu èr shǒu 菸
3 minutes 1 smoking area? She was dumbfounded and choked Wu Xindai: Forcing everyone to take a puff of second-hand smoke in 3 minutes
“傻钱”成美股关键力量!散户交易规模冲5.4...
shǎ qián chéng měi gǔ guān jiàn lì liàng ! sàn hù jiāo yì guī mó chōng 5 . 4 . . .
"Stupid money" has become a key force in U.S. stocks! The scale of retail trading rushed by 5.4...
烟仔虎与烟仔傻傻分不清?曹铭宗抓包转运站画错、口感大不...
yān zǐ hǔ yǔ yān zǐ shǎ shǎ fēn bù qīng ? cáo míng zōng zhuā bāo zhuǎn yùn zhàn huà cuò kǒu gǎn dà bù . . .
Can't tell the difference between a smoker and a smoker? Cao Mingzong's bag transfer station is wrong, and the taste is not big...
...NBA球場邊「呼呼大睡」被抓包! 李多慧傻眼偷拍
. . . qiú 場 邊 hū hū dà shuì bèi zhuā bāo ! lǐ duō huì shǎ yǎn tōu pāi
...Caught napping on the sidelines of an NBA game! Lee Do-hee stunned by the sneak shot.
她打扮得妖里妖气，一副傻样！
Tā dǎban de yāoli-yāoqì, yī fù shǎ yàng!
She dresses so outrageously; it looks completely ridiculous!
汤姆傻得难以置信。
Tāngmǔ shǎ de nányǐzhìxìn.
Tom is unbelievably stupid.
他妈的，哪个傻子敢在半夜打我电话?!
Tāmāde, nǎge shǎzi gǎn zài bànyè dǎ wǒ diànhuà?!
Fucking hell, what idiot dare phone me in the middle of the night?
你是不是吸毒吸傻了？
Nǐ shìbùshì xīdú xī shǎ le?
Do you have a drug problem?
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