池沼

Chinese

		pond; reservoir	pond; pool
trad. (池沼)		池	沼
simp. #(池沼)		池	沼

Etymology

“idiot, blockhead”

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 池沼(ちしょう) (chishō, “intellectual disabled person”), which is in turn an abbreviated slang of 知的(ちてき) (chiteki) + 障害(しょうがい) (shōgai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chízhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄓㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ ziu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chízhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄓㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíhjhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²-chao³
    • Yale: chŕ-jǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrjao
    • Palladius: чичжао (čičžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ ziu²
    • Yale: chìh jíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ dziu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ jiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡siːu̯³⁵/

Noun

池沼

1. pond; pool

   • 冬天的池沼，
     陰鬱得像一個悲哀的老人——
     佝僂在陰鬱的天幕下的老人。 [MSC, trad.]
     冬天的池沼，
     阴郁得像一个悲哀的老人——
     佝偻在阴郁的天幕下的老人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, January 11, Ai Qing (艾青), 《冬天的池沼——給 W.I.》

     Dōngtiān de chízhǎo,
     Yīnyù de xiàng yīge bēi'āi de lǎorén —
     Gōulóu zài yīnyù de tiānmù xià de lǎorén. [Pinyin]

     Winter pond,
     Somber, like a grieved old man—
     An old man bent over beneath the gloom of the sky.

2. (Internet slang, derogatory) idiot; blockhead

Synonyms

• (pond):

Dialectal synonyms of 池塘 (“pond”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		池沼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	池子
	Taiwan	池塘
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	池子, 灣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	池子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	池子
	Xi'an	澇子, 池子
	Xining	池子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	池子
	Ürümqi	池子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	池塘
	Wuhan	塘, 池子, 淌子 small
	Guiyang	塘
	Liuzhou	塘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	塘, 池塘
	Yangzhou	塘, 池子
	Hefei	塘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	塘
	Hong Kong	池塘, 塘
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	塘
	Macau	塘
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	塘
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	塘
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	塘
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	池塘
	Foshan	塘
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	塘
	Foshan (Shunde)	塘
	Foshan (Sanshui)	塘
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	塘
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	塘
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	塘
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	塘
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	塘
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	塘
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	塘
	Taishan	眼塘
	Kaiping (Chikan)	塘
	Enping (Niujiang)	眼塘
	Heshan (Yayao)	塘
	Dongguan	塘
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	池塘
	Yangjiang	塘
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	水塘
Gan	Nanchang	塘
	Pingxiang	塘, 池塘
Hakka	Meixian	塘, 池塘, 陂塘
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	池塘
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	塘
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	池塘
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	塘
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	塘
	Wengyuan	水塘
	Liannan	塘
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	池塘
	Jiexi	塘
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	塘
	Changting	塘
	Wuping (Yanqian)	塘
	Ninghua	塘
	Yudu	塘
	Ningdu	塘
	Tonggu (Sandu)	塘
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	塘
	Dayu	塘
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	陂塘
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	陂塘
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	陂塘
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	陂塘
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	陂塘
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	陂塘
	Hong Kong	池塘
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	塘
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	塘
	Xinyi (Sihe)	塘
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	水塘
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	塘水
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	塘
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	塘水
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	塘
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	塘
	Mengshan (Xihe)	塘
	Luchuan	塘
Huizhou	Jixi	塘
Jin	Taiyuan	水池子, 池塘
Northern Min	Jian'ou	塘, 池
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	池
Southern Min	Xiamen	池, 潭仔
	Chaozhou	池
	Jieyang	池
	Bangkok (Teochew)	水塘
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	池
	Haikou	塘
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	塘
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	塘
Wu	Shanghai	池塘, 塘, 水塘
	Shanghai (Chongming)	池塘
	Suzhou	池塘, 池潭 small, 塘
	Hangzhou	池塘
	Ningbo	池塘
	Wenzhou	池, 池兒, 池塘
	Jinhua	塘
Xiang	Changsha	塘
	Loudi	塘
	Shuangfeng	塘, 池子

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
池	沼
ち Grade: 2	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちしょー [chìshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɕo̞ː]

Noun

池(ち)沼(しょう) • (chishō) ^{←ちせう (tiseu)?}

1. pond and swamp

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
池	沼
ち Grade: 2	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Homophonic kanji for a shortening of 知的障害 (chiteki shōgai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɕo̞ː]

Noun

池(ち)沼(しょう) • (chishō) 

1. (2channel slang, vulgar, derogatory) intellectual disability person
2. (2channel slang, vulgar, derogatory) insane person