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癫

癲
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adjective #21,866

Meanings

  1. 1 insane
  2. 2 crazy
  3. 3 epileptic
  4. 4 mentally unhinged

Examples

他说话颠三倒四，像个癫子一样。
Tā shuōhuà diān sān dǎo sì, xiàng gè diānzi yīyàng.
He talks incoherently, like a madman.
她被压力逼得快要癫了。
Tā bèi yālì bī de kuàiyào diān le.
She was driven nearly insane by the pressure.

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usage
癫 appears in medical terms like 癫痫 (diānxián — epilepsy) and in colloquial usage meaning 'crazy' or 'unhinged'. The casual/slang form 癫癫的 means acting crazy or silly. Not typically used as a crude insult.

Stroke Order

癫 diān