痴 chī
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 知 to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
痴心
chīxīn
infatuation; blindly devoted
Characters in this word
心 xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他对旧城保护的痴心，最终打动了原本反对的投资方。 Tā duì jiùchéng bǎohù de chīxīn, zuìzhōng dǎdòng le yuánběn fǎnduì de tóuzī fāng. His devotion to protecting the old city eventually moved the investors who had originally opposed him.
- 她对他一片痴心，等了整整十年。 Tā duì tā yí piàn chīxīn, děng le zhěngzhěng shí nián. She was utterly devoted to him and waited a full ten years.
- 老匠人对这门手艺一片痴心，七十岁了还在学。 Lǎo jiàngrén duì zhè mén shǒuyì yí piàn chīxīn, qīshí suì le hái zài xué. The old craftsman is utterly devoted to this craft and is still learning at seventy.
Related words
- 痴呆 chīdāi demented; dementia
- 痴迷 chīmí to be obsessed with; to be infatuated with
- 如痴如醉 rúchīrúzuì to be entranced; intoxicated with
- 放心 fàngxīn to feel at ease; to not worry
- 关心 guānxīn to care about
- 开心 kāixīn happy
- 小心 xiǎoxīn careful
- 心里 xīnli in one's heart; in one's mind
- 心情 xīnqíng mood
- 心中 xīnzhōng in one's heart
- 信心 xìnxīn confidence
- 中心 zhōngxīn center