二货

二貨
èrhuò
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 (slang) idiot
  2. 2 dunce
  3. 3 lovably foolish person
  4. 4 goofball

Examples

Nǐ zhège èrhuò, zěnme bǎ yán dāngchéng táng le?
You goofball, how did you mistake salt for sugar?
Tā shì ge kě'ài de èrhuò, péngyǒu dōu xǐhuan tā.
He's a lovable airhead — all his friends adore him.

Tips

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Internet slang, mostly affectionate. Calling a friend 二货 is teasing, not insulting; calling a stranger this is rude. The here taps northern slang where means 'foolish' or 'half-baked' (cf. 二百五).
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Think 'category two goods' — defective merchandise that didn't pass first-grade inspection. The slang sense extends the same logic to people who 'don't quite work right.'

Stroke Order

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