疯癫 (fēng diān) — insane, crazy, mad | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

insanecrazymad

Examples

疯癫。
Tā zuì jìn biàn de hěn fēng diān.
He has become very insane lately.
疯癫。
Zhè zhǒng fēng diān de xíng wéi bù néng jiē shòu.
This kind of mad behavior is unacceptable.
疯癫。
Bié zài shuō fēng diān de huà le.
Stop saying crazy things.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

疯fēngmad

癫diāninsane

Both 疯 and 癫 mean mad or insane, so the word describes someone as crazily out of control.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 癲; 癫 is its simplified writing.

疒顛癲

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèillness

Sound part声符shēngfú

顛

顛diān癲diān

Same sound today

The traditional form 癲 uses 疒 (illness) for meaning and 顛 for sound; the simplified 癫 is a later shorthand.

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