痴呆

See also: 痴騃, 癡騃, and 癡呆

Chinese

		imbecile; sentimental; stupid imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly	foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay
trad. (痴呆/癡呆)		痴/癡	呆
simp. (痴呆)		痴	呆
alternative forms		痴獃／癡獃 痴騃／癡騃
anagram		呆痴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīdāi, chī'ái

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄉㄞ, ㄔ ㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ ngoi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhi-tai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīdāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄉㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihdai
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-tai¹
    • Yale: chr̄-dāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chydai
    • Palladius: чидай (čidaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī'ái
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih-ái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-ai²
    • Yale: chr̄-ái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyair
    • Palladius: чиай (čiaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹ ngoi⁴
    • Yale: chī ngòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ ngoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ ngoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ ŋɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi-tai
    • Tâi-lô: tshi-tai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chi'day
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi³³ tai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² tai⁴⁴/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 痴呆

1. stupid; dull

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 呆
• 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
• 呆痴 (dāichī)
• 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 愚戇／愚戆 (Hokkien)
• 愚昧 (yúmèi)
• 愚笨 (yúbèn)
• 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
• 愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn)
• 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
• 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
• 撚樣／撚样 (lan² joeng^6-2) (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 暗昧 (ànmèi)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
• 海鱟／海鲎 (Hokkien)
• 混鈍／混钝 (Hokkien)
• 發踱／发踱 (⁷faq ⁸doq) (Wu)
• 笨 (bèn)
• 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
• 笨車車／笨车车 (Hokkien)
• 臭笨 (Hokkien)
• 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 蠢 (chǔn)
• 蠢氣／蠢气 (qyn³ qi⁴) (Xiang)
• 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
• 袋屎 (Hokkien)
• 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
• 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
• 阿西 (Hokkien)
• 頇顢／顸颟 (Hokkien)
• 鱟／鲎 (Hokkien)
• 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)

 

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 痴呆

1. (medicine) dementia

Derived terms

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