dāi

HSK 5
common
adjective
noun

Meaning of

呆 means slow-witted; slow to respond; blank; vacant; stunned. Pronounced dāi. HSK 5.

  • slow-witted; slow to respond
  • blank; vacant; stunned
  • to stay; to linger

Character Info

Radical
Strokes12
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

xiǎo
shí
hòu
yǒu
diǎn
dāi
tóu
dāi
nǎo
 
xiàn
zài
cōng
ming
duō
le
 

He was a bit slow-witted as a kid, but much smarter now.

Zhè
suàn
duì
lǎo
nián
rén
lái
shuō
yǒu
diǎn
dāi
 
gòu
líng
huó
 

This algorithm is a bit rigid for elderly people and not flexible enough.

Bié
xiào
dāi
 
zhǐ
shì
shàn
yán
ér
 

Don't mock him for being slow-witted; he just isn't good at speaking.

Yǒu
xiē
xué
shēng
fǎn
yìng
jiào
dāi
 
yào
gèng
duō
nài
xīn
jiǎng
jiě
 

Some students react relatively slowly and need more patient explanations.

de
dāi
bèn
yàng
ràng
jiā
rěn
zhù
xiào
le
chū
lái
 

His dull-witted appearance made everyone couldn't help laughing.