如痴如醉

Chinese

		as (if); such as	imbecile; sentimental; stupid imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly	as (if); such as	intoxicated
trad. (如痴如醉/如癡如醉)		如	痴/癡	如	醉
simp. (如痴如醉)		如	痴	如	醉
alternative forms		如醉如痴
Literally: “as if stupefied, as if drunk”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúchīrúzuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄔ ㄖㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ ci¹ jyu⁴ zeoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúchīrúzuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄔ ㄖㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúchihrúzuèi
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-chʻih¹-ju²-tsui⁴
    • Yale: rú-chr̄-rú-dzwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruchyrutzuey
    • Palladius: жучижуцзуй (žučižuczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ ci¹ jyu⁴ zeoi³
    • Yale: yùh chī yùh jeui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ tsi¹ jy⁴ dzoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ qi¹ yu⁴ zêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ jyː²¹ t͡sɵy̯³³/

Idiom

如痴如醉

1. in ecstasies over; intoxicated by something; enchanted; carried away; spellbound; fascinated