弱智 (ruò zhì) — (derogatory, originally clinical) mentally retarded, intellectually disabled; (slang, offensive) stupid, idiotic
Definition
A clinically dated term for intellectual disability that is now heard almost entirely as a slang insult meaning 'stupid, idiotic' and is considered offensive. Avoid using it to refer to people — say 智力障碍 for the clinical meaning.
adjective
(derogatory, originally clinical) mentally retardedintellectually disabled(slang, offensive) stupididiotic
Examples
- 弱智。Zhè zhǒng jiào xué fǎ duì ruò zhì ér tóng hěn yǒu bāng zhù.This teaching method is very helpful for children with intellectual disabilities.
- 弱智。Nǐ zhè me zuò jiǎn zhí tài ruò zhì le.Doing this is just so stupid.
- 弱智，。Xiàn zài dà jiā jǐn liàng shǎo yòng ruò zhì zhè ge cí, yīn wèi tā hěn bù zūn zhòng rén.Nowadays people try to avoid using the word 'retarded' as much as possible because it's very disrespectful.
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