# 池沼
## Chinese
### Etymology
#### “idiot, blockhead”

    Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 池沼(ちしょう) (chishō, “intellectual disabled person”), which is in turn an abbreviated slang of 知的(ちてき) (chiteki) + 障害(しょうがい) (shōgai).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chízhǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄓㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^4$ ziu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chízhǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄓㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chíhjhǎo
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^2$-chao$^3$
*** Yale: chŕ-jǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrjao
*** Palladius: чичжао (čičžao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^4$ ziu$^2$
*** Yale: chìh jíu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^4$ dziu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^4$ jiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡siːu̯³⁵/

### Noun

池沼
* pond; pool
    From: 1940, January 11, Ai Qing (艾青), 《冬天的池沼——給 W.I.》
    Dōngtiān de chízhǎo, Yīnyù de xiàng yīge bēi'āi de lǎorén — Gōulóu zài yīnyù de tiānmù xià de lǎorén. [Pinyin]
    Winter pond, Somber, like a grieved old man— An old man bent over beneath the gloom of the sky.
* (Internet slang, derogatory) idiot; blockhead

#### Synonyms

* (pond):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 池沼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 池子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 池塘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 池子, 灣 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 池子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 池子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 澇子, 池子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 池子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 池子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 池子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 池塘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 塘, 池子, 淌子 small |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 塘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 塘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 塘, 池塘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 塘, 池子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 池塘, 塘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 池塘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 眼塘 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 眼塘 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 池塘 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 塘 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 水塘 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 塘 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 塘, 池塘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 塘, 池塘, 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 池塘 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 池塘 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 水塘 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 塘 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 池塘 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 塘 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Changting | 塘 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 塘 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 塘 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 塘 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 塘 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 陂塘 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 池塘 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 水塘 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 塘水 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 塘水 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 塘 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 塘 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 塘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 水池子, 池塘 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 塘, 池 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 池 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 池, 潭仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 池 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 池 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 水塘 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 池 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 塘 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 塘 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 塘 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 池塘, 塘, 水塘 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 池塘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 池塘, 池潭 small, 塘 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 池塘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 池塘 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 池, 池兒, 池塘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 塘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 塘 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 塘 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 塘, 池子 |

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 池 | 沼 |
| ち Grade: 2 | しょう Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちしょー [chìshóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [t͡ɕiɕo̞ː]

#### Noun

池(ち)沼(しょう) • (chishō)
* pond and swamp

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 池 | 沼 |
| ち Grade: 2 | しょう Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||
Homophonic kanji for a shortening of 知的障害 (chiteki shōgai).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ɕiɕo̞ː]

#### Noun

池(ち)沼(しょう) • (chishō)
* (2channel slang, vulgar, derogatory) intellectual disability person
* (2channel slang, vulgar, derogatory) insane person

### References

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