(bái chī) - idiot, fool in Mandarin

báichī

Traditional: 白痴

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Translation

idiot, fool

Word origin

A two-character word: 白 'white, blank, in vain' (a pictograph) plus 痴 'foolish, idiotic' (the sickness radical 疒 with 知 zhī as phonetic). Together 白痴 means an idiot or imbecile.

Origin: compound
Root: 白 (white, blank) + 痴 (疒 sickness + 知 zhī phonetic)

Stroke order

白

痴

Examples

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Do not take me for an idiot.

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He pretended to be an idiot.

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This kind of behaviour is idiotic.

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Don't treat me like an idiot.

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I really am an idiot.

白痴 (bái chī) means idiot or fool.

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This word is part of lesson 20.