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書呆子

bookworm

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

shu1dai1zi5 • shūdāizi

Meaning

Primary

bookworm

Alternatives

bookworms, pedant

Mnemonic

A 書呆子 bookworm is someone who only cares about 書 books, and is like a 呆 fool or a [5] silent dumb 子 child when it comes to anything else.

Usage

他 是 個 書呆子。

He is a bookworm.

書呆子 不 喜歡 運動。

Bookworms don't like sports.

書呆子 喜歡 讀書。

Bookworms like to read.