Chinese symbol for “mesmerized”

如痴如醉

rú chī rú zuì

Traditional: 如癡如醉

(idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mesmerized is 如痴如醉 (rú chī rú zuì), defined as: (idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured.

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Characters and stroke order

如 rú

as, as if, like, such as, supposing

radical 38 ⼥ · 6 strokes

痴 chī

foolish, stupid, dumb, silly

radical 104 ⽧ · 13 strokes

如

如 rú

as, as if, like, such as, supposing

radical 38 ⼥ · 6 strokes

醉 zuì

intoxicated, drunk; addicted

radical 164 ⾣ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

癡 chī

Related words

Other words that share a character with 如痴如醉.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
如果	rú guǒ	if; in case; in the event that
如何	rú hé	how; what way
如此	rú cǐ	like this; so; such
例如	lì rú	for example; for instance; such as
比如	bǐ rú	for example; for instance; such as
如今	rú jīn	nowadays; now
白痴	bái chī	idiocy; idiot
痴迷	chī mí	infatuated; obsessed
喝醉	hē zuì	to get drunk

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.