音痴

See also: 音癡

Chinese

		sound; noise; news	imbecile; sentimental; stupid imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly
trad. (音痴/音癡)		音	痴/癡
simp. (音痴)		音	痴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnchī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ ci¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnchī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinchih
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-chʻih¹
    • Yale: yīn-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inchy
    • Palladius: иньчи (inʹči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɻ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ ci¹
    • Yale: yām chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/

Noun

音痴

1. one who is tone-deaf

See also

• 五音不全 (wǔyīnbùquán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	痴
おん Grade: 1	ち Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
音癡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi]
• (Tokyo) おんち [óꜜǹchì] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

音(おん)痴(ち) • (onchi) 

1. [from 1934] tone deafness; being tone-deaf
2. [from 1974] incapability, ineptitude, weakness

   私(わたし)は機械(きかい)音痴(おんち)だ。

   Watashi wa kikai onchi da.

   I'm weak at machines.

3. [from 1974] (student cant, obsolete) idiot, clumsy fool; retard

Derived terms

• 方向(ほうこう)音痴(おんち) (hōkō onchi)
• 味(あじ)音痴(おんち) (aji onchi)
• 運動(うんどう)音痴(おんち) (undō onchi)

References

• “音痴”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026