Chinese symbol for “captivated”
神魂颠倒
shén hún diān dǎo
Traditional: 神魂顛倒
lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated
The closest CC-CEDICT match for captivated is 神魂颠倒 (shén hún diān dǎo), defined as: lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 神魂颠倒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精神 | jīng shén | spirit; mind |
| 神秘 | shén mì | mysterious; mystery |
| 女神 | nǚ shén | goddess; nymph |
| 神经 (神經) | shén jīng | nerve; mental state |
| 神话 (神話) | shén huà | legend; fairy tale |
| 灵魂 (靈魂) | líng hún | soul; spirit |
| 鬼魂 | guǐ hún | ghost |
| 销魂 (銷魂) | xiāo hún | ecstasy; rapture |
| 颠覆 (顛覆) | diān fù | to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize |
| 打倒 | dǎ dǎo | to overthrow; to knock down |
See also: Japanese symbol for “captivated”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.