瘋癲

See also: 疯癫

Chinese

insane; mad; wild convulsions; crazy
trad. (瘋癲)
simp. (疯癫)
alternative forms 瘋顛疯颠

Pronunciation


Verb

瘋癲

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

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Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふう
Hyōgaiji
てん
Hyōgaiji
goon
Alternative spelling
風癲

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うてん [fùútéń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝːtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(ふう)(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)(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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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