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疯狂 (fēng kuáng) — crazy; frenzied; wild

Definition

疯狂 (fēngkuáng) describes intense human behavior or feelings — frenzied, mad, wildly enthusiastic. Unlike 狂 (a single character, broader and often more literary), this everyday adjective focuses on people and actions.

adjective
crazyfrenziedwild

Examples

  • 疯狂。
    Tā fēng kuáng dì xǐ huan shàng le nà ge nǚ hái.
    He fell wildly in love with that girl.
  • 疯狂。
    Qiú mí men fēng kuáng dì huān hū zhe.
    The fans cheered frenziedly.
  • 疯狂。
    Zhè ge jì huà tīng qǐ lái tài fēng kuáng le.
    This plan sounds too crazy.

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fēngcrazy
狂kuángwild

疯 gives the sense of madness, and 狂 adds wild intensity, together meaning frenzied.

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.

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.

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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