1. adjective stupid; doltish; foolish; ignorant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 笨 (CCD '愚' 1; Guoyu'愚' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '愚' 1, p. 567; Unihan '愚'; XHZD '愚' 1)
  2. adjective humble
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 谦辞, used in self-reference(CCD '愚' 3; Guoyu'愚' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '愚' 1a, p. 567; XHZD '愚' 2)
  3. verb to dupe; to deceive
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 愚弄 (CCD '愚' 2; Guoyu'愚' v 1; XHZD '愚' 2)
  4. pronoun I; me
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a humble reference to oneself; for example, 愚以为 'In my humble opinion' (Guoyu'愚' pronoun; Pollard 2002, p. 26)

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