瘋癲

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See also: 疯癫

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Verb

瘋癲

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瘋 (“mad; crazy; insane”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 痴, 狂, 癲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 瘋, 狂, 瘋癲, 瘋狂
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 瘋
Taiwan 瘋
Singapore 神經病, 有毛病
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 痴
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 瘋
Xi'an 瘋
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 瘋
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 八面威, 八面
Guiyang 瘋
Liuzhou 癲
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 瘋
Cantonese Guangzhou 癲, 黐線, 黐筋, 黐孖筋, short
Hong Kong 癲, 黐線, 黐筋, 黐孖筋, 黐膠花, short, 黐總掣, 黐大掣
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 癲, 黐線
Penang (Guangfu) 癲, 黐線
Singapore (Guangfu) 癲, 黐線
Gan Nanchang 瘋
Hakka Meixian 癲
Eastern Min Fuzhou 癲, 癲脬
Southern Min Xiamen 痟
Quanzhou 痟
Yongchun 痟
Zhangzhou 痟, 魔
Zhao'an 痟
Tainan 痟
Penang (Hokkien) 痟
Singapore (Hokkien) 痟
Manila (Hokkien) 痟
Chaozhou 痟
Shantou 痟
Shantou (Chenghai) 痟
Shantou (Chaoyang) 痟
Jieyang 痟
Haifeng 癲
Singapore (Teochew) 痟
Leizhou 痟神
Wenchang 發痟
Singapore (Hainanese) 發痟
Wu Shanghai 痴
Shanghai (Chongming) 痴
Danyang 瘋
Hangzhou 瘋
Wenzhou 癲
Jinhua 癲
Xiang Loudi 瘋

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瘋 癲
ふう
Hyōgai 		てん
Hyōgai
goon
Alternative spelling
風癲

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 瘋癲 (*pɨuŋ ten, literally “insane + crazy”). First appears in 1374.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

瘋(ふう)癲(てん) • (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
    Synonym: 癲狂 (tenkyō)
  2. (offensive) an insane person
  3. a vagabond, a wanderer
    Synonym: 流浪者 (rurōsha)
    瘋癲(ふうてん)の寅(とら)さん
    fūten no tora-san
    the vagabond Tora

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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