"痴人" meaning in Chinese

See 痴人 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 癡人 [Traditional-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 痴人
  1. (literary) simpleton; fool; idiot Tags: literary Derived forms: 痴人說夢 (chīrénshuōmèng), 痴人说梦 (chīrénshuōmèng)
    Sense id: en-痴人-zh-noun-hL~UyPyS Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, People
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "癡人",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "痴人",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "zh:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "chīrénshuōmèng",
          "word": "痴人說夢"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chīrénshuōmèng",
          "word": "痴人说梦"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "simpleton; fool; idiot"
      ],
      "id": "en-痴人-zh-noun-hL~UyPyS",
      "links": [
        [
          "simpleton",
          "simpleton"
        ],
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) simpleton; fool; idiot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ci¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chihrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻih¹-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chr̄-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyren"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čižɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чижэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ci¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chī yàhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsi¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qi¹ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "痴人"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "chīrénshuōmèng",
      "word": "痴人說夢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chīrénshuōmèng",
      "word": "痴人说梦"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "癡人",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "痴人",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 人",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 痴",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "zh:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "simpleton; fool; idiot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "simpleton",
          "simpleton"
        ],
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) simpleton; fool; idiot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ci¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chihrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻih¹-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chr̄-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyren"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čižɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чижэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ci¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chī yàhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsi¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qi¹ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "痴人"
}

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