癖
pǐ
Pinyin

Definition

癖
 - 
pǐ
  1. habit
  2. hobby

Character Decomposition

Related Words (10)

怪癖
guài pǐ
  1. 1 eccentricity
  2. 2 peculiarity
  3. 3 strange hobby
洁癖
jié pǐ
  1. 1 mysophobia
  2. 2 obsession with cleanliness
  3. 3 extreme fastidiousness
恋童癖
liàn tóng pǐ
  1. 1 pedophilia
  2. 2 pedophile
癖好
pǐ hào
  1. 1 one's passion
  2. 2 one's obsession
恋尸癖
liàn shī pǐ
  1. 1 necrophilia

Idioms (2)

嗜痂成癖
shì jiā chéng pǐ
  1. 1 to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom)
断袖之癖
duàn xiù zhī pǐ
  1. 1 lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.

Sample Sentences

微信朋友圈有其暗黑的一面，比如说满足偷窥、暗恋、自恋、妄想、呓语等多元化癖好。
Wēixìn Péngyouquān yǒu qí ànhēi de yīmiàn ，bǐrúshuō mǎnzú tōukuī 、ànliàn 、zìliàn 、wàngxiǎng 、yìyǔ děng duōyuánhuà pǐhào 。
The WeChat circle of friends has its dark side, such as satisfying voyeurism, having crushes, narcissism, delusions of grandeur and an unlimited selection of interests.
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才见了两次面，第一印象还可以。不过觉得他有点怪，有洁癖。上次去饭店吃饭，拿出湿纸巾把餐桌擦了一遍，还特地去问服务员要来开水烫碗和杯子。
cái jiàn le liǎng cì miàn ，dìyī yìnxiàng háikěyǐ 。bùguò juéde tā yǒudiǎn guài ，yǒu jiépǐ 。shàngcì qù fàndiàn chīfàn ，náchū shī zhǐjīn bǎ cānzhuō cā le yī biàn ，hái tèdì qù wèn fúwùyuán yàolái kāishuǐ tàng wǎn hé bēizi 。
We've only met two times. My first impression was okay. However, I think he's a bit strange and a bit of a neat freak. Last time we went to a restaurant to eat, he took out a wet wipe and wiped down the whole table, and he specifically asked the waiter to bring hot water to wash the bowls and glasses.
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啊？那他是不是有洁癖啊？
ǎ ？nà tā shìbushì yǒu jiépǐ ā ？
Huh? Is he obsessed with cleanliness?
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有的地方连自来水都没有。像你这种有点洁癖的大小姐，保证呆一天就要叫苦连天！
yǒude dìfang lián zìláishuǐ dōu méiyǒu 。xiàng nǐ zhèzhǒng yǒudiǎnr jiépì de dàxiǎojiě ，bǎozhèng dāi yītiān jiùyào jiàokǔliántiān ！
Some places don't even have running water. I guarantee that someone like you who's a bit obsessed with cleanliness would be full of complaints after just a day!
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