How to write 癡

癡 chī 形 1. 呆傻；愚笨。 (silly; idiotic; stupid) 2. 發呆。 (stupify) 3. 瘋癲；癲狂。 (mentally deranged) 4. 迷戀；入迷。 (be crazy about) 5. 佛家語，貪、瞋、癡“三毒”之一，謂心靈暗昧。 (In Buddhism, one of the "three poisons" which include greed, hatred, and ignorance, referring to being ignorant or not understanding reality) 6. 天真的昵稱。 (naive) 7. 用同“瓻”，酒器。 (same as "瓻", a wine vessel) --- 癡 chī 形 【本义】: 不聰慧; 遲鈍 (The original meaning: not intelligent; dull) 【造字法】: 形聲。从疒( chuáng)，疑聲。 (Character formation: phonetic-meaning structure, combining 疒 (sickness) and a sound element) --- 細節分析： 1. 同本義 (same as the original meaning) - 單在《方言》中說：“癡，騃也。” (In "Dialect", it is said: "癡 means dull.") - 《說文》：“癡，不慧也。” (In "Shuo Wen": "癡 means not wise.") 例：癡啞，癡呆呆。 (For example: silly mute; silly and slow-witted) 2. 瘋癲，癲狂 (mentally deranged) - 引自《明史·海瑞傳》：“此人素有癡名。” (Quoted from "Ming History": "This person is known to be foolish.") 3. 持久不止 (lasting) - 例：癡雨 (long-lasting rain) (Example: a prolonged period of rain) 4. 天真的暱稱 (naive) - 例：癡孩子; 癡小 (Examples: silly child; naive young person) 5. 佛教語。貪、瞋、癡“三毒”之一。 (In Buddhism, one of the "three poisons": greed, hatred, ignorance) - 例：癡定、癡箭。 (Examples: ignorance in meditation; malicious thoughts). --- 動 1. 發呆 (stupify) - 引自《紅樓夢》：“那邊哭的自己傷心，卻不道這邊聽的早已癡倒了。” (Quoted from "Dream of the Red Chamber": "Though crying over there, one didn't know the listeners here had already been rendered dumb.") 2. 入迷 (be crazy about) - 例：癡魂, 癡兒女。 (Examples: crazy about love; infatuated men and women.) --- 名 顛狂病 (general term for manic-depressive psychosis) - 引自《漢書》：“今子獨壞形貌，蒙恥辱，為狂癡，光曜晻而不宣。” (Quoted from "Han Book": "Now you are alone, with your appearance ruined, and you bear disgrace, deemed mad and foolish, darkened and unspoken of.")