痴呆症
chī dāi zhèng
Pinyin

Definition

痴呆症
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chī dāi zhèng
  1. dementia

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

呆
dāi
  1. 1 foolish
  2. 2 stupid
  3. 3 expressionless
  4. 4 blank
  5. 5 to stay
症状
zhèng zhuàng
  1. 1 symptom (of an illness)
痴
chī
  1. 1 imbecile
  2. 2 sentimental
  3. 3 stupid
  4. 4 foolish
  5. 5 silly
发呆
fā dāi
  1. 1 to stare blankly
  2. 2 to be stunned
  3. 3 to be lost in thought
白痴
bái chī
  1. 1 idiocy
  2. 2 idiot
综合症
zōng hé zhèng
  1. 1 syndrome
并发症
bìng fā zhèng
  1. 1 complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)
呆子
dāi zi
  1. 1 fool
  2. 2 sucker
呆板
dāi bǎn
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 inflexible
  3. 3 also pr. [ái bǎn]
呆滞
dāi zhì
  1. 1 dull
  2. 2 lifeless
  3. 3 sluggish
呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
  1. 1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
多动症
duō dòng zhèng
  1. 1 attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
天然呆
tiān rán dāi
  1. 1 (loanword from Japanese "tennen boke") space cadet
  2. 2 muddleheaded
如痴如醉
rú chī rú zuì
  1. 1 lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. intoxicated by sth
  3. 3 obsessed with
  4. 4 mad about sth
妄想症
wàng xiǎng zhèng
  1. 1 delusional disorder
  2. 2 (fig.) paranoia
孤独症
gū dú zhèng
  1. 1 autism
对症
duì zhèng
  1. 1 correct diagnosis
  2. 2 to prescribe the right cure for an illness
  3. 3 to suit the medicine to the illness
帅呆了
shuài dāi le
  1. 1 awesome
  2. 2 brilliant
  3. 3 magnificent
强迫症
qiǎng pò zhèng
  1. 1 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
后遗症
hòu yí zhèng
  1. 1 (medicine) sequelae
  2. 2 residual effects
  3. 3 (fig.) repercussions
  4. 4 aftermath

Idioms (10)

呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
  1. 1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
如痴如醉
rú chī rú zuì
  1. 1 lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. intoxicated by sth
  3. 3 obsessed with
  4. 4 mad about sth
如醉如痴
rú zuì rú chī
  1. 1 lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom)
  2. 2 intoxicated by sth
  3. 3 obsessed with
  4. 4 mad about sth
  5. 5 also written 如癡如醉|如痴如醉[rú chī rú zuì]
对症下药
duì zhèng xià yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
对症发药
duì zhèng fā yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
痴人痴福
chī rén chī fú
  1. 1 a fool suffers foolish fortune (idiom)
痴心妄想
chī xīn wàng xiǎng
  1. 1 to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to labor under a delusion
  3. 3 wishful thinking
目光呆滞
mù guāng dāi zhì
  1. 1 to have a lifeless look in one's eyes (idiom)
目怔口呆
mù zhēng kǒu dāi
  1. 1 lit. eye startled, mouth struck dumb (idiom); stunned
  2. 2 stupefied
目瞪口呆
mù dèng kǒu dāi
  1. 1 dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied
  2. 2 stunned

Sample Sentences

是啊，回来就好。事后我问他去哪儿了，他自己也记不清了。照这么看，他的老年痴呆症是越来越严重了。
shì a ，huílai jiù hǎo 。shìhòu wǒ wèn tā qù nǎr5 le ，tā zìjǐ yě jìbuqīng le 。zhào zhème kàn ，tā de lǎonián chīdāizhèng shì yuèláiyuè yánzhòng le 。
Yeah. As long as he came back, it's OK. Afterward I asked him where he'd gone. He wasn't even sure himself. It looks like his Alzheimer's is getting more and more serious.
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我知道你和外公感情好，可是真的没办法，无可奈何。他的老年痴呆症越来越严重了，医生说现在已经是中期了，我们压力太大了。
wǒ zhīdào nǐ hé wàigōng gǎnqíng hǎo ，kěshì zhēnde méi bànfǎ ，wúkěnàihé 。tā de lǎonián chīdāizhèng yuèláiyuè yánzhòng le ，yīshēng shuō xiànzài yǐjīng shì zhōngqī le ，wǒmen yālì tàidà le 。
I know that you’re very close to your grandfather, but there was nothing else we could do, we had no choice. His dementia has gotten worse and worse, the doctor said he’s already progressed to the mid-stages, it was too much stress for us.
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