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狂笑 (kuáng xiào) — to laugh wildly, to roar with laughter

Definition

狂笑 means to laugh wildly or uncontrollably, with 狂 emphasizing the intensity. Stronger than 笑 (neutral 'to laugh') — it suggests boisterous, unrestrained laughter rather than a quiet chuckle.

verb
to laugh wildlyto roar with laughter

Examples

  • ，狂笑。
    Tīng dào zhè ge xiào hua, tā rěn bú zhù kuáng xiào qǐ lái.
    Hearing this joke, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
  • 狂笑。
    Guān zhòng bèi dòu dé kuáng xiào bù zhǐ.
    The audience was amused into nonstop laughter.
  • 狂笑：“！”
    Tā kuáng xiào zhe shuō: "nǐ shū dìng le!"
    He said with a wild laugh, “You're definitely going to lose!”

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kuángwildly
笑xiàolaugh

狂 gives the wildness and 笑 the laughing, so it means to laugh wildly.

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'.

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

An early 笑 used the grass 艸 for the sound and the dog 犬 for the meaning; later it was written with 竹 and 夭.

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