兴冲冲 (xìng chōng chōng) — animatedly, excitedly

Definition

Adverb meaning 'animatedly, with eager excitement' — describes the manner of an action (running in, telling someone), not a feeling by itself. Takes 地 before the verb (兴冲冲地跑).

adverb

animatedlyexcitedly

Examples

兴冲冲。
Tā xìng chōng chōng dì pǎo jìn jiào shì.
He ran into the classroom excitedly.
兴冲冲。
Tā xìng chōng chōng dì gào sù wǒ tā kǎo shàng dà xué le.
She told me excitedly that she got into college.
兴冲冲。
Hái zi men xìng chōng chōng dì děng zhe qù yóu lè yuán.
The children are waiting excitedly to go to the amusement park.

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.

兴xīngexcitement

冲冲energetic

冲chōngrush冲chōngrush

兴 supplies excitement, and 冲冲 adds a lively, eager look.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 興; 兴 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 興 shows four hands lifting an object; the simplified 兴 is not the form described.

Open 兴 →

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 →