shǎ
stupide; embrouillé; idiot
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他看起来很傻。
Tā kànqǐlái hěn shǎ.
He looks stupid.
不要做傻事。
Bùyào zuò shǎshì.
Don't do stupid things.
他真是个傻瓜。
Tā zhēnshi ge shǎguā.
He is such a fool.
笨 (bèn)
stupid
愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
foolish
聪明 (cōngmíng)
smart
伶俐 (línglì)
clever
The Chinese character 傻 (shǎ) is composed of two parts: the radical 呆 (dāi), which means "foolish" or "stupid," and the phonetic component 者 (zhě), which has no meaning on its own but is used to indicate the pronunciation of the character. The character 呆 is itself composed of two parts: the radical 心 (xīn), which means "heart" or "mind," and the phonetic component 歹 (dǎi), which means "bad" or "evil." Thus, the character 傻 can be understood as a combination of the ideas of "foolishness" or "stupidity" and "bad" or "evil." It is often used to describe someone who is not very intelligent or who makes foolish mistakes.
