| 傻瓜 | shǎ guā | idiot; fool | |
| 傻笑HSK 5 | shǎ xiào | to giggle; to laugh foolishly; to smirk; to simper | |
| 装傻HSK 5 | zhuāng shǎ | to act stupid; to pretend to be naive | |
| 傻乎乎 | shǎ hū hū | feeble-minded; dim-witted | |
| 傻气 | shǎ qì | foolishness; nonsense; foolish |
| 1 | What he did was really stupid. | |
| 2 | Drunk people tend to do silly things. | |
| 3 | She is not foolish, she is just not good at expressing herself. | |
| 4 | How can you still not understand such a simple question? You are so foolish! | |
| 5 | I was really dumb and missed out on this great opportunity. |