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痴呆

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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/痴獃/癡獃)		痴/癡	呆/獃
simp. (痴呆)		痴	呆
alternative forms		痴騃／痴𫘤癡騃／痴𫘤
anagram		呆痴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīdāi, chī'ái

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄉㄞ, ㄔㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ ngoi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhi-tai

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chīdāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄉㄞ
  - 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: ㄔㄞˊ
  - 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/
- (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

stupid; dull

Synonyms

Noun

痴呆

(medicine) dementia

Derived terms

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