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Chinese
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white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
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imbecile; sentimental; stupid imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly
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| trad. (白痴/白癡)
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白
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痴/癡
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| simp. (白痴)
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白
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痴
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87 Taiwan Internet slang
北七 Taiwan slang
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Pronunciation
Noun
白痴
- idiot; halfwit
- idiocy; intellectual disability
Synonyms
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
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| 白癡 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese.
Pronunciation
Noun
白痴 • (hakuchi)
- idiocy, imbecility
- (dated, medicine) profound mental retardation, indicating an IQ of under 25
- an idiot, an imbecile
- (dated, medicine) a person suffering from profound mental retardation, with an IQ of under 25
Usage notes
- No longer used in the clinical sense, much as English idiot is no longer used clinically.
See also
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 白痴 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 白痴, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Noun
白痴 • (baekchi) (hangeul 백치)
- Alternative form of 白癡 (“Hanja form? of 백치 (“idiot”).”)