呆

da̅i = d + ai1

foolish / stupid / expressionless / blank / to stay

呆 = 口 + 木 : The fool wants to make fun of Don Quixote in front of the airplane. To fool him, he set up a Christmas tree to look like a huge animal by putting a mandarin on top which looks like the head of the animal. Don Quixote thinks he met his arch enemy and starts to charge the construction, much to the fool's delight.

呆 character breakdown

呆
- 口
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

mù = mu + Ø4

surname Mu

mù = mu + Ø4

tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

Characters with 呆 as component

bǎo = b + ao3

Bulgaria / Bulgarian / abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4]

保 = 亻 + 呆 : Mnemonic symbol: a safe

保 = 亻 + 呆 : In the aorta, the fool and Rosa Luxemburg unite their forces to protect the world and try to lock Beelzebub in a safe.

bǎo = b + ao3

to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)

保 = 亻 + 呆 : Mnemonic symbol: a safe

保 = 亻 + 呆 : In the aorta, the fool and Rosa Luxemburg unite their forces to protect the world and try to lock Beelzebub in a safe.

bǎo = b + ao3

to defend; to protect; to keep / to guarantee; to ensure / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)

méi = m + ei2

old variant of 梅[mei2]

梅 = 木 + 每 : Every day (每), Mahatma Gandhi (m) is doing a workout (梅) by doing pullups on a plum tree (梅) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

táng = t + ang2

cherry-apple

xǐ = xi + Ø3

male nettle-hemp

da̅i = d + ai1

(Internet slang) emphatic variant of 呆[dai1]

Words with 呆

dull / lifeless / sluggish

bad debt

bad debt

r

see 待會兒|待会儿[dai1 hui4 r5]

fool / stupid

open spanner / open end spanner / flat spanner

to be dumbfounded / to be astonished

idiot / fool

to stand idly

lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck

endearingly silly

Sentences with 呆

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