天然呆
tin1 jin4 ngoi4tiān rán dāi
English
- (loanword from Japanese "tennen boke") space cadet
- muddleheaded
- tennen-boke jpn:天然(てんねん)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 對白痴嘅好聽啲講法,通常用於無惡意、又帶來喜劇感嘅情況。
Examples
坐我隔籬個女同學成日都好大頭蝦,啲人覺得佢好白痴,但係我覺得佢夠天然呆好可愛。
[ChatGPT]My classmate who sits next to me is always acting like a big shot, and people think she's stupid, but I find her natural airheadness cute.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk