愚 yú
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 禺 district 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
愚昧
yúmèi
ignorant; benighted
Characters in this word
昧 mèi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 把复杂的社会问题简单归咎于某个群体，是一种危险而愚昧的思维。 Bǎ fùzá de shèhuì wèntí jiǎndān guījiù yú mǒu ge qúntǐ, shì yì zhǒng wēixiǎn ér yúmèi de sīwéi. Simply blaming a particular group for complex social problems is a dangerous and ignorant way of thinking.
- 轻信那些骗人的把戏，是最愚昧的表现。 Qīngxìn nàxiē piàn rén de bǎxì, shì zuì yúmèi de biǎoxiàn. Easily believing those deceitful tricks is the most ignorant kind of behavior.
- 长期拒绝学习新知识，人就会变得越来越愚昧。 Chángqī jùjué xuéxí xīn zhīshi, rén jiù huì biàn de yuèláiyuè yúmèi. If a person refuses for a long time to learn new knowledge, they become more and more ignorant.
Related words
- 愚蠢 yúchǔn foolish; stupid
- 愚公移山 yúgōngyíshān Yu Gong moves mountains; perseverance can overcome difficulties
- 暧昧 àimèi ambiguous; dubious; flirtatious
- 冒昧 màomèi presumptuous; to take the liberty
- 一无所知 yìwúsuǒzhī to know nothing at all
- 无知 wúzhī ignorant; ignorance
- 知识分子 zhīshifènzǐ intellectual
- 文盲 wénmáng illiterate person; illiterate
- 学识 xuéshí knowledge; learning
- 外行 wàiháng layperson; amateur; non-specialist
- 扎实 zhāshi solid; sound; down-to-earth
- 一技之长 yíjìzhīcháng a useful skill; a special competence