# 白痴
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): báichī
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ ci$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chhi / pe̍h-thi / pe̍k-chhi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh$^8$ ci$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báichī
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄔ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báichih
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-chʻih$^1$
*** Yale: bái-chr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairchy
*** Palladius: байчи (bajči)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$白吃 白痴
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ ci$^1$
*** Yale: baahk chī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ tsi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ qi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chhi
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tshi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peqchy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰi³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-thi
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-thi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peqty
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰi³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰi⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-chhi
*** Tâi-lô: pi̍k-tshi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pegchy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bêh$^8$ ci$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h tshi
*** Sinological IPA : /peʔ⁴⁻² t͡sʰi³³/
* Middle Chinese: baek trhi
Rime :
| Character | 白 | 痴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (113) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 傍陌切 | 丑之切 |
| Baxter | baek | trhi |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bˠæk̚/ | /ʈʰɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚak̚/ | /ʈʰɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bak̚/ | /ȶʰie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /baɨjk̚/ | /ʈʰɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /bɐk̚/ | /ȶʰiə/ |
| Wang Li | /bɐk̚/ | /ȶʰĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱɐk̚/ | /ȶʰi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bó | chī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bak$^6$ | ci$^1$ |

### Noun

白痴
* idiot; halfwit
* idiocy; intellectual disability

#### Synonyms

* (idiot):
* 人頭豬腦／人头猪脑 (réntóuzhūnǎo) (chiefly Cantonese)
* 低能兒／低能儿 (dīnéng'ér)
* 侗戇／侗戆 (Hokkien)
* 傻子 (shǎzi)
* 傻瓜 (shǎguā)
* 呆大 (Wu)
* 呆子 (dāizi)
* 呆瓜 (dāiguā)
* 哈卵 (ha$^3$ lonn$^3$) (Xiang, Southwestern Mandarin, vulgar)
* 哚哥 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 喥頭／喥头 (Wu)
* 壋將／垱将 (Hokkien)
* 大戇呆／大戆呆 (Hokkien)
* 大戇牯／大戆牯 (Hakka)
* 大番薯 (Hakka)
* 愚人 (yúrén)
* 戇人／戆人 (Hakka, Hokkien, Wu)
* 戇卵／戆卵 (Northern Wu, vulgar)
* 戇呆／戆呆 (Hokkien)
* 戇囝／戆囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 戇大／戆大 (Wu)
* 戇大呆／戆大呆 (Hokkien)
* 戇大豬／戆大猪 (Hokkien)
* 戇猴／戆猴 (Hokkien)
* 戇鳩／戆鸠 (ngong$^6$ gau$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 木大 (Wu)
* 痴子 (chīzi) (regional)
* 笨人 (bènrén)
* 笨蛋 (bèndàn)
* 笨貨／笨货 (bènhuò)
* 老襯／老衬 (lou$^5$ can$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 蠢人 (chǔnrén)
* 蠢材 (chǔncái)
* 蠢蛋
* 豆渣腦殼／豆渣脑壳 (dou$^4$ za$^1$ nao$^3$ ko$^2$) (Sichuanese)
* 錘哥／锤哥 (Hokkien)
* 闇雞／𬮴鸡 (Hokkien)
* 鵝牯／鹅牯 (Hakka)

#### Derived terms

* 白痴佬

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 痴 |
| はく Grade: 1 | ち Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 白癡 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はくち [hàkúchí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ha̠kɯ̟̊t͡ɕi]

#### Noun

白(はく)痴(ち) • (hakuchi)
* idiocy, imbecility
* (dated, medicine) profound mental retardation, indicating an IQ of under 25
* an idiot, an imbecile
* (dated, medicine) a person suffering from profound mental retardation, with an IQ of under 25

##### Usage notes

* No longer used in the clinical sense, much as English idiot is no longer used clinically.

#### See also

* 知(ち)恵(え)遅(おく)れ (chieokure): mental retardation

### Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 白痴 – see the following entry. :
| 【戯たわけ】 | [noun] a jest, joke; a foolish act [noun] (by extension) fool, idiot Alternative spelling タワケ |
(This term, 白痴, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 白 | 痴 |

### Noun

白痴 • (baekchi) (hangeul 백치)
* Alternative form of 白癡 (“hanja form of 백치 (“idiot”)”)