疯 (fēng): crazy
疯 (fēng) is a Chinese character meaning “crazy.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 疒 (semantic) and 风 (phonetic). It ranks #1539 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 疯 sickness. Its radical form 疒 (illness) appears in many related characters such as 医 (yī, medicine), 病 (bìng, illness), 疼 (téng, ache).
Definitions
- crazy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 疯
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疯子noun | fēng zi | madman |
| 发疯verb | fā fēng | to go mad |
| 疯狗 | fēng gǒu | rabid dog |
| 疯人院noun | fēng rén yuàn | insane asylum |
| 疯牛病noun | fēng niú bìng | mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) |
| 疯疯癫癫adjective | fēng feng diān diān | deranged |
| 疯话noun | fēng huà | crazy talk |
| 疯癫verb | fēng diān | insane |
| 发酒疯verb | fā jiǔ fēng | to get wildly drunk |
| 装疯卖傻phrase | zhuāng fēng mài shǎ | (idiom) to play the fool |
| 人来疯verb | rén lái fēng | to get hyped up in front of an audience |
| 林来疯 | lín lái fēng | Linsanity |
| 气疯 | qì fēng | (coll.) to be driven crazy with anger |
| 爱疯noun | ài fēng | iPhone (slang) |
| 疯传verb | fēng chuán | to spread like wildfire |
疯 appears in 26 compound words: 50 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 疯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他工作起来像疯了一样，经常加班到深夜。
Tā gōngzuò qǐlái xiàng fēng le yíyàng, jīngcháng jiābān dào shēnyè.
He works like crazy, often working overtime until late at night.
...条应援毛巾“3个人用”!边荷律翻白眼粉笑疯:自己体会
. . . tiáo yīng yuán máo jīn 3 gè rén yòng ! biān hé lǜ fān bái yǎn fěn xiào fēng : zì jǐ tǐ huì
... A support towel "for 3 people"! Bian Helu rolled his eyes and laughed crazy: he experienced it himself
“瑜珈裤时代”爆红—全网疯玩“热狗肠包X” 珍珠虾滑杨枝甘露乜都塞
瑜 珈 kù shí dài bào hóng — quán wǎng fēng wán rè gǒu cháng bāo X zhēn zhū xiā huá yáng zhī gān lù 乜 dōu sāi
"Yoga Pants Era" became popular - the whole network is crazy to play "hot dog sausage bun X" pearl shrimp slippery poplar branch nectar is stuffed with everything
又一篇关于人工智能末日论的文章疯传,这次作者预言标普500将暴跌近40%...
yòu yī piān guān yú rén gōng zhì néng mò rì lùn de wén zhāng fēng chuán , zhè cì zuò zhě yù yán biāo pǔ jiāng bào diē jìn . . .
Another doomsday article about artificial intelligence is going viral, with the author predicting the S&P 500 will plummet nearly 40%...
蔡瑞雪清纯校花形象大崩坏?橙发低胸辣照疯传 网:差点认不出来
蔡 ruì xuě qīng chún jiào huā xíng xiàng dà bēng huài ? chéng fā dī xiōng là zhào fēng chuán wǎng : chā diǎn rèn bù chū lái
Cai Ruixue's image of a pure school flower collapsed? Orange-haired low-cut spicy photos went viral on the Internet: I almost couldn't recognize it
...的一年 2026从剧场、美术馆到文学馆都疯AI
. . . de yī nián cóng jù chǎng měi shù guǎn dào wén xué guǎn dōu fēng
The Year 2026: From Theaters and Art Galleries to Literary Museums, Everyone's Going Crazy for AI
吉姆为他的女朋友疯狂。
Jí mǔ wèi tā de nǚpéngyou fēngkuáng.
Jim is crazy about his girlfriend.
可以给我一点吃的吗？我快饿疯了啦。
Kěyǐ gěi wǒ yīdiǎn chī de ma? wǒ kuài è fēng le lā.
Please give me something to eat. I am so hungry.
你认为我疯了，不是么？
Nǐ rènwéi wǒ fēng le, bù shì me?
You think I'm mad, don't you?
你是怎么想到这么疯狂的主意的？
Nǐ shì zěnme xiǎngdào zhème fēngkuáng de zhúyi de?
How did you come up with this crazy idea?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 疒 (sickness) component
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