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狂躁 (kuáng zào) — irritable and impetuous; rash

Definition

Describes a manic, highly agitated state — losing one's temper, unable to calm down. In clinical contexts it points to 躁狂 (mania); in everyday use it just means irrationally hot-tempered.

adjective
irritable and impetuousrash

Examples

  • 狂躁，。
    Tā zuì jìn biàn de hěn kuáng zào, dòng bu dòng jiù fā pí qi.
    He has become very irritable and impetuous lately, losing his temper at the slightest thing.
  • 狂躁。
    Zhè zhǒng kuáng zào de qíng xù ràng tā wú fǎ lěng jìng sī kǎo.
    This irritable and impetuous mood prevents him from thinking calmly.
  • 狂躁。
    Yī shēng shuō tā shì yīn wèi yā lì tài dà cái zhè me kuáng zào.
    The doctor said he is so irritable and impetuous because of too much stress.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

狂kuángwild
躁zàorestless

狂 “wild” and 躁 “restless” combine to describe an irritable, impetuous state.

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'.

Open 狂 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 躁 →
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