气冲冲 (qì chōng chōng) — (state adjective) furious, enraged (of a person's appearance or manner)

Definition

A vivid, reduplicated state adjective meaning 'furious' — describes how someone looks or acts when storming in angry. Typically used before 地 to modify a verb (气冲冲地走了).

bound form
(state adjective) furiousenraged (of a person's appearance or manner)

Examples

  • 气冲冲，。
    Tā qì chōng chōng dì zǒu jìn bàn gōng shì, yòng lì guān shàng le mén.
    He stormed into the office and slammed the door shut.
  • ，气冲冲，。
    Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā qì chōng chōng de, yí jù huà yě bù shuō.
    Hearing this news, she was furious and didn't say a word.
  • 气冲冲。
    Gù kè qì chōng chōng dì zhì wèn diàn yuán wèi shén me jià gé bú duì.
    The customer angrily demanded to know why the price was wrong.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

气qìanger
冲冲surging
冲chōngsurge冲chōngsurge
重叠Reduplication

气 supplies the sense of anger or mood, and 冲冲 gives a vivid, surging appearance.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 氣; 气 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
气
气qì氣qì
Same sound today

The traditional form 氣 pairs 米 (rice) with 气, which supplies the sound; the simplified 气 is a later abbreviation.

Open 气 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 衝; 冲 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 冲 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (冲, 冲动) it is 衝; in others (冲) it is 沖.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíng
Sound part声符shēngfú
重
重zhòng衝chōng
Same sound today

The traditional form 衝 shows 重 inside 行, with 行 as the meaning part and 重 as the sound part; the simplified 冲 is a later shorthand.

Open 冲 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 衝; 冲 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 冲 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (冲, 冲动) it is 衝; in others (冲) it is 沖.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíng
Sound part声符shēngfú
重
重zhòng衝chōng
Same sound today

The traditional form 衝 shows 重 inside 行, with 行 as the meaning part and 重 as the sound part; the simplified 冲 is a later shorthand.

Open 冲 →

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