Foolish in Chinese
foolish · HSK 5
傻
你真傻，这么简单都不会。 You're so silly — you can't even do something this simple.
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How do you say foolish in Chinese?
Foolish in Chinese is 傻 (shǎ). You can also say 二 (èr).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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