Chinese symbol for “idiocy”
白痴
bái chī
idiocy; idiot
The closest CC-CEDICT match for idiocy is 白痴 (bái chī), defined as: idiocy; idiot.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 白痴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary |
| 白人 | bái rén | white man or woman; Caucasian |
| 白天 | bái tiān | daytime; during the day |
| 空白 | kòng bái | blank space |
| 痴迷 | chī mí | infatuated; obsessed |
| 痴呆 | chī dāi | stupid; dull; (medicine) dementia |
| 痴情 (癡情) | chī qíng | infatuation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “idiocy”.
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.