Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

foolish

Chinese: 愚笨、不灵活。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “sha” becomes a different word in each tone. 傻 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 傻瓜shǎ guāidiot; fool
  • 傻子shǎ ziidiot; fool
  • 傻话shǎ huàfoolish talk; nonsense
  • 傻气shǎ qìfoolish; foolishness
  • 傻眼shǎ yǎn(coll.) stunned; dumbfounded; flabbergasted

Example Sentence

别傻站着了,快过来帮忙吧。Bié shǎ zhàn zhe le, kuài guò lái bāng máng ba.Do not just stand there foolishly; come and help.

Biéto leaveshǎfoolishzhànstationzhe(ongoing action)le(completed action)kuàirapid过来guò láito come over帮忙bāng mángto helpbato puff (on a pipe etc)