瘋癲

瘋癲

See also: 疯癫

Chinese

		insane; mad; wild	convulsions; crazy
trad. (瘋癲)		瘋	癲
simp. (疯癫)		疯	癫
variant forms		瘋顛／疯颠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngdiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄉㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ din¹
• Min Nan (POJ): hong-tian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fēngdiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄉㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengdian
    • IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ din¹
    • Yale: fūng dīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ din¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ din¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ tiːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-tian
    • Tâi-lô: hong-tian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongdiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ tiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

瘋癲

1. to be insane; to be crazy; to be mad

Derived terms

瘋瘋癲癲／疯疯癫癫

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
瘋	癲
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji

Alternative forms

• 風癲

Etymology

From Sinitic 瘋癲. Age of borrowing unknown.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯᵝːtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

瘋癲 (hiragana ふうてん, rōmaji fūten)

1. insanity, mental illness; more specifically, of the varieties of acquired mental illness, those forms of insanity marked by confused speech, clouded consciousness, and emotional outbursts
2. (offensive) an insane person
3. a vagabond, a wanderer

   瘋 (ふう)癲 (てん)の寅 (とら)さん

   fūten no tora-san

   the vagabond Tora

Synonyms

• (insanity): 癲 (てん)狂 (きょう) (tenkyō)
• (wanderer): 流 (る)浪 (ろう)者 (しゃ) (rurōsha)

Derived terms

• 瘋 (ふう)癲 (てん)病 (びょう)院 (いん) (fūten byōin): an asylum, a mental hospital