瘋瘋癲癲

Chinese

		insane; mad; wild	insane; mad; wild	convulsions; crazy	convulsions; crazy
trad. (瘋瘋癲癲)		瘋	瘋	癲	癲
simp. (疯疯癫癫)		疯	疯	癫	癫
alternative forms		瘋瘋顛顛／疯疯颠颠
AABB-type reduplication of 瘋癲／疯癫 (fēngdiān)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngfengdiāndiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ˙ㄈㄥ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ fung¹ din¹ din¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngfengdiāndiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ˙ㄈㄥ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongfo̊ngdiandian
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-fêng⁵-tien¹-tien¹
    • Yale: fēng-feng-dyān-dyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feng.fengdiandian
    • Palladius: фэнфэндяньдянь (fɛnfɛndjanʹdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ² ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ fung¹ din¹ din¹
    • Yale: fūng fūng dīn dīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ fung¹ din¹ din¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ fung¹ din¹ din¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ tiːn⁵⁵ tiːn⁵⁵/

Adjective

瘋瘋癲癲

1. mad; crazy; deranged

   • 那僧癩頭跣足，那道跛足蓬頭，瘋瘋癲癲，揮霍談笑而至。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     那僧癞头跣足，那道跛足蓬头，疯疯癫癫，挥霍谈笑而至。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Nà sēng làitóu xiǎnzú, nà dào bǒzú péng tóu, fēngfēngdiāndiān, huīhuò tánxiào ér zhì. [Pinyin]

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