# 歁戇
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khám-gōng
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khám-gōng
*** Tâi-lô: khám-gōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qafmgong
*** IPA (Singapore): /kʰam⁴²⁻²⁴ ɡɔŋ²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡɔŋ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡɔŋ³³/

### Adjective

歁戇
* (Hokkien) stupid; foolish

#### Synonyms

* 呆
* 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
* 呆痴 (dāichī)
* 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
* 𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
* 愚戇／愚戆 (Hokkien)
* 愚昧 (yúmèi)
* 愚笨 (yúbèn)
* 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
* 愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn)
* 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
* 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
* 撚樣／撚样 (lan$^2$ joeng$^{6-2}$) (Cantonese, vulgar)
* 暗昧 (ànmèi)
* 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
* 海鱟／海鲎 (Hokkien)
* 混鈍／混钝 (Hokkien)
* 痴呆
* 發踱／发踱 ($^7$faq $^8$doq) (Wu)
* 笨 (bèn)
* 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
* 笨車車／笨车车 (Hokkien)
* 臭笨 (Hokkien)
* 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 蠢 (chǔn)
* 蠢氣／蠢气 (qyn$^3$ qi$^4$) (Xiang)
* 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
* 袋屎 (Hokkien)
* 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
* 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
* 阿西 (Hokkien)
* 頇顢／顸颟 (Hokkien)
* 鱟／鲎 (Hokkien)
* 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 傻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 傻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 傻, 戇 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 傻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哈, 瓜, 寶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 苕, 哈, 嘎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 哈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 呆, 木足, 瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 呆, 傻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 戇, 傻, 戇居 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 傻, 戇, 戇居 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 傻, 吽, 戇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 戇, 傻, 吽 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 傻, 戇 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 傻, 戇 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 傻, 戇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 傻, 戇 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 戇, 傻 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 傻 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 呆愕 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 戇鬼 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 傻 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 慢, 嚒 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 傻 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 戇鳩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 戇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 戇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 傻, 二不楞 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 賴, 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 阿褒 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 戇, 庸 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 戇, 庸 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 戇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 庸 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 戇, 潲面 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 戇, 哚哥, 潲面 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 呆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 槌, 戇 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 戇, 悇, 呆, 歁戇, 戇戇, 戇呆, 呆呆, 悇悇 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 戇, 戇戇, 洽, 洽潲 vulgar, 洽仔, 山猴, 三八, 三八潲 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 㦙, 白仁, 戇 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 㦙, 白仁, 戇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 㦙, 戇, 悇 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 戇, 傻 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 戇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 戇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 戇, 壽, 糞 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 戇, 壽, 踱 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 戇, 壽, 踱 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 戇, 壽 |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 踱 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 呆, 戇 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 呆, 憨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 寶, 醒 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 哈 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 笨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 笨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 笨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 笨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 悶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 笨, 蠢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 笨, 蠢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 笨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 笨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蠢, 笨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠢, 笨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 吽, 塞督, 塞 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蠢 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 笨, 蠢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 笨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 笨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 笨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 愚, 笨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 笨 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 白仁 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 笨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 呆, 笨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蠢 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠢 |

#### Descendants

* → English: kam gong, kum gong, cum gong

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “憨戇”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “歁怣”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 331.