痴呆

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
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhi-tai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci¹ ngai⁵ / ci¹ dai¹

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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)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹ ngoi⁴
    • Yale: chī ngòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ ngoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ ngoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ ŋɔːi̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi-tai
    • Tâi-lô: tshi-tai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chi'day
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰi³³ tai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴⁻²² tai⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci¹ ngai⁵ / ci¹ dai¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi ngâi / tshi tai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³³⁻²³ ŋai⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰi³³⁻²³ tai³³/

Adjective

痴呆

1. stupid; dull

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 痴呆

呆 (dāi) 呆傻 (dāishǎ) 呆痴 (dāichī) 愚昧 (yúmèi) 愚笨 (yúbèn) 愚蠢 (yúchǔn) 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds) 拙笨 (zhuōbèn) 暗昧 (ànmèi) 棒槌 (bàngchuí) 笨 (bèn) 笨拙 (bènzhuō) 臭笨 (Min Nan) 袋屎 (Min Nan) 袋屎袋尿 (Min Nan)

阿西 (Min Nan) 𡳞面 (Min Nan, vulgar) 愚戇／愚戆 (Min Nan) 愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn) 撚樣／撚样 (Cantonese, vulgar) 海鱟／海鲎 (Min Nan) 混鈍／混钝 (Min Nan) 發踱／发踱 (Wu) 笨車車／笨车车 (Min Nan) 蠢氣／蠢气 (Xiang) 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn) 鱟 (Min Nan) 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary) 𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Min Nan, vulgar)

Noun

痴呆

1. (medicine) dementia

Derived terms

懵懂痴呆 痴呆懵懂 痴呆症 (chīdāizhèng)

老人痴呆症 (lǎorén chīdāizhèng) 老年痴呆 (lǎonián chīdāi) 老年痴呆症 (lǎonián chīdāizhèng)