狂风 (kuáng fēng) — gale-force wind; violent wind | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

gale-force windviolent wind

Measure word · 阵

Examples

狂风。
Zuó tiān wǎn shàng de kuáng fēng chuī dǎo le hěn duō shù.
Last night's gale-force wind blew down many trees.
狂风，。
Qì xiàng tái yù bào míng tiān yǒu kuáng fēng, qǐng dà jiā zhù yì ān quán.
The weather bureau forecasts gale-force winds tomorrow; please be careful.
狂风。
Hǎi shàng de kuáng fēng ràng chuán wú fǎ qián jìn.
The gale-force wind at sea made the ship unable to move forward.

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 gives wild or violent, and 风 gives wind, naming a violent wind.

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'.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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