Chinese

Adjective

瘋癲

1. insane, crazy

Japanese

Etymology

From Sinitic 瘋癲. Age of borrowing unknown.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯᵝːtẽ̞ɴ]

Alternative forms

• 風癲

Noun

瘋癲 ‎(hiragana ふうてん, romaji fūten)

1. insanity, mental illness; more specifically, of the varieties of acquired mental illness, those forms of insanity marked by confused speech, clouded consciousness, and emotional outbursts
2. (offensive) an insane person
3. a vagabond, a wanderer

   瘋癲 (ふうてん)の寅 (とら)さん

   fūten no tora-san

   the vagabond Tora

Derived terms

• 瘋癲病院 (ふうてんびょういん) ‎(fūten byōin): an asylum, a mental hospital

Synonyms

• (insanity): 癲狂 (てんきょう) ‎(tenkyō)
• (wanderer): 流浪者 (るろうしゃ) ‎(rurōsha)