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Meaning of 癖

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癖
Pinyin: pǐ
English Definition: habit; hobby
Chinese Definition:
①对事物的偏爱成为习惯:癖习。癖好(hào)。癖性。癖爱。癖痼(久治不愈的疾病)。洁癖。
②中医指饮水不消的病。
③古同“痞”,痞块。
Total strokes: 18; Radical: 疒
Pictophonetic:辟 indicates the sound; 疒 (sickness) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿸ Surround from upper left
    • 疒 [ nè ] sickness, disease
    • 辟 [ pì ] law, rule; to open up, to develop
Similar Characters: 避 劈 壁 璧
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Example Words
癖好 pǐ hào one''s passion; one's obsession
怪癖 guài pǐ eccentricity; peculiarity; strange hobby
洁癖 jié pǐ mysophobia; obsession with cleanliness; extreme fastidiousness
痼癖 gù pǐ addiction
恋物癖 liàn wù pǐ (sexual) fetishism
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Example Sentences
1
不过通常还是癖嗜最终获胜
。
In the end the addiction usually wins.
2
盗窃癖可以治疗
,
但需要时间
。
Kleptomania is treatable, but it takes time.
3
但我们相遇之时
,
你就警告我说你有漫游癖
。
When we met, you warned me of your wanderlust.
4
将
“
恋童癖
”
作为名词使用的最早记录是在
1951年
。
The first recorded use of the noun "paedophile" was in 1951.
5
一些现代学者甚至认为这则故事里蕴含着恋童癖的导向
。
Some modern scholars say that there are connotations of pedophilia in this fairy tale.