癫 (diān): mentally deranged, crazy
癫 (diān) is a Chinese character meaning “mentally deranged.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 疒 (semantic) and 颠 (phonetic). It ranks #2488 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 癫 sickness. Its radical form 疒 (illness) appears in many related characters such as 病 (bìng, illness), 痛 (tòng, pain), 医 (yī, medicine).
Definitions
- mentally deranged
- crazy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 癫痫 | diān xián | epilepsy |
| 疯疯癫癫adjective | fēng feng diān diān | deranged |
| 疯癫verb | fēng diān | insane |
| 癫狂adjective | diān kuáng | deranged |
| 子癫前症 | zǐ diān qián zhèng | pre-eclampsia, toxaemia of pregnancy (medicine) |
| 发癫verb | fā diān | to go crazy |
| 癫痫发作 | diān xián fā zuò | epileptic seizure |
| 羊癫疯 | yáng diān fēng | epilepsy |
癫 appears in 8 compound words: 38 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 38 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
在视频里“发癫”的还有戏曲。
zài shì pín lǐ fā diān de hái yǒu xì qū .
Traditional Chinese opera also goes “wild” in the video.
对于有光敏性癫痫病史,或者对高频闪烁较为敏感的观众,建议谨慎观看。
duì yú yǒu guāng mǐn xìng diān 痫 bìng shǐ , huò zhě duì gāo pín shǎn shuò jiào wéi mǐn gǎn de guān zhòng , jiàn yì jǐn shèn guān kàn .
Viewers with a history of photosensitive epilepsy or who are sensitive to high-frequency flashing lights are advised to exercise caution when watching.
周星驰将充满喜感的“癫疯”对决,以熟悉的喜剧表达带到大家面前。
zhōu xīng chí jiāng chōng mǎn xǐ gǎn de diān fēng duì jué , yǐ shú xī de xǐ jù biǎo dá dài dào dà jiā miàn qián .
Stephen Chow brings this hilarious "crazy" showdown to the audience through his signature comedic style.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 疒 (sickness) component
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