狂喜 (kuáng xǐ) — wild with joy, ecstatic | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

wild with joyecstatic

Examples

，狂喜。
Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā kuáng xǐ bù yǐ.
Upon hearing this news, he was wild with joy.
狂喜，。
Tā kuáng xǐ dì tiào le qǐ lái, xiàng gè hái zi yí yàng.
She jumped up ecstatically, like a child.
狂喜，。
Qiú mí men kuáng xǐ huan hū, qìng zhù qiú duì shèng lì.
The fans cheered wildly, celebrating the team's victory.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

狂 adds wild intensity to 喜, giving joy that is wild and overwhelming.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

犭Written in full as犬quǎndog

Sound part声符shēngfú

㞷

㞷㞷狂kuáng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

狂 pairs 犭 (dog) with 㞷, which gives the sound; 㞷 is an old form of a character meaning 'to go'.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

壴口喜

壴壴zhùdrum
口口kǒumouth

喜 combines 壴, a drum, with 口, a mouth.

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