疯狗 (fēng gǒu) — rabid dog | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

rabid dog

Measure word · 只

Examples

疯狗。
Nà tiáo fēng gǒu yǎo shāng le sān gè cūn mín.
That rabid dog bit and injured three villagers.
疯狗。
Tā xiàng yì tiáo fēng gǒu yí yàng luàn yǎo rén.
He's like a rabid dog, biting people indiscriminately.
疯狗，。
Zhèng fǔ zǔ zhī rén yuán bǔ shā fēng gǒu, fáng zhǐ yì qíng kuò sàn.
The government organized personnel to hunt and kill rabid dogs to prevent the epidemic from spreading.

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.

疯fēngmad

狗gǒudog

疯狗 is a 狗 dog that is 疯 mad.

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 瘋; 疯 is its simplified writing.

疒風瘋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒Written in full as病bìng

Sound part声符shēngfú

風

風fēng瘋fēng

Same sound today

The traditional form 瘋 pairs 疒 (illness) with 風 as a sound part; the simplified 疯 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not a historical sound part.

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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

犬犬quǎndog

Sound part声符shēngfú

句

句jù狗gǒu

Same sound today

狗 combines 犬, meaning dog, with 句, which gives the sound.

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