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痴呆

chī dāi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

痴呆 (chī dāi) means "imbecility; dementia; imbecility". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 痴呆 means

1. stupid; dull
2. medicinedementia

Other readings

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

• chī dāivariant of {痴呆|chī dāi}

The characters in 痴呆

• 痴chīimbecile; sentimental; stupid
• 呆dāifoolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; variant of 待

Words starting with 痴呆

• 痴呆症chī dāi zhèngdementia

Words containing 痴呆

• 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

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chī dāi correctly.
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