Chinese symbol for “demented”
颠狂
diān kuáng
Traditional: 顛狂
demented
The closest CC-CEDICT match for demented is 颠狂 (diān kuáng), defined as: demented.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “demented”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丧心病狂 (喪心病狂) | sàng xīn bìng kuáng | (idiom) deranged; demented; berserk |
| 发神经 (發神經) | fā shén jīng | (coll.) to go crazy; to lose it |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 颠狂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颠覆 (顛覆) | diān fù | to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize |
| 颠倒 (顛倒) | diān dǎo | to turn upside down; to reverse |
| 颠簸 (顛簸) | diān bǒ | to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence); (fig.) to undergo a rough experience |
| 神魂颠倒 (神魂顛倒) | shén hún diān dǎo | lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated |
| 颠倒黑白 (顛倒黑白) | diān dǎo hēi bái | lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts |
| 颠沛流离 (顛沛流離) | diān pèi liú lí | homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift |
| 疯狂 (瘋狂) | fēng kuáng | crazy; frenzied; wild |
| 狂热 (狂熱) | kuáng rè | zealotry; fanatical |
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