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痴

chī

Character

What 痴 means

1. imbecile
2. sentimental
3. stupid
4. foolish
5. silly

Other readings

痴 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chīvariant of {痴|chī}

Example sentences

• 他痴迷于音乐。
  Tā chīmí yú yīnyuè.
  He is mad about music.
• 我真是个白痴！
  What an idiot I am!
• 汤姆不是白痴。
  Tom isn't a fool.
• 有时他是白痴。
  He's an idiot sometimes.
• 别痴心幻想了。
  Stop dreaming.
• 世界上都是白痴。
  Shìjiè shàng dōu shì báichī.
  The world is full of idiots.

Words starting with 痴

• 痴迷chī míinfatuated; obsessed
• 痴情chī qínginfatuation
• 痴痴chī chīfoolish; stupid; lost in thought
• 痴呆chī dāistupid; dull; (medicine) dementia
• 痴心chī xīninfatuation
• 痴人说梦chī rén shuō mènglunatic ravings; nonsense
• 痴想chī xiǎngto daydream; wishful thinking; pipe dream
• 痴汉chī hànmolester (loanword from Japanese "chikan"); idiot; fool
• 痴笑chī xiàoto giggle foolishly; to titter
• 痴醉chī zuìto be fascinated; to be spellbound
• 痴长chī zhǎngto not be wiser despite being older; (humble) to be older than (you) by
• 痴傻chī shǎstupid; foolish
• 痴呆症chī dāi zhèngdementia
• 痴心妄想chī xīn wàng xiǎngto be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion…
• 痴騃chī áistupid; foolish

Words containing 痴

• 白痴bái chīidiocy; idiot
• 如痴如醉rú chī rú zuì(idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured
• 情痴qíng chīinfatuated; lovesick person
• 花痴huā chīto be smitten with sb; love-struck fool; starry-eyed infatuation
• 路痴lù chīperson with a poor sense of direction
• 音痴yīn chītone deaf
• 呢呢痴痴ní ní chī chīdocile
• 老年痴呆lǎo nián chī dāisenile dementia; Alzheimer's disease
• 早老性痴呆zǎo lǎo xìng chī dāi(colloquial) Alzheimer's disease
• 老年痴呆症lǎo nián chī dāi zhèngsenile dementia; Alzheimer's disease
• 老年性痴呆症lǎo nián xìng chī dāi zhèngsenile dementia
• 娇痴jiāo chīspoilt and naive
• 如醉如痴rú zuì rú chīsee 如痴如醉

Characters built on 知

These share the phonetic component 知 (zhī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 智zhì(literary) wise; wisdom
• 蜘zhīused in 蜘蛛
• 踟chíused in 踟蹰

Characters that look like 痴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 廓kuò(bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape…
• 痪huànused in 瘫痪
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 瘀yūhematoma (internal blood clot); extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue)…
• 痿wěiatrophy
• 痢lìdysentery

Sounds the same

Read chī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吃to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 嗤laugh at; jeer; scoff at
• 哧(onomatopoeia) giggling; breathing; tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc
• 螭dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry); variant of 魑
• 离mythical beast (archaic)
• 笞to whip with bamboo strips
• 黐birdlime
• 蚩ignorant; worm
• 魑used in 魑魅
• 鸱scops owl
• 媸ugly woman
• 樆manjack or cordia (genus Cordia)