狂 (kuáng): mad, wild, violent
狂 (kuáng) is a Chinese character meaning “mad.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 犭 (semantic) and 王 (phonetic). It ranks #1145 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 狂 dog. Its radical form 犭 (dog) appears in many related characters such as 狗 (gǒu, dog), 猫 (māo, cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])), 状 (zhuàng, (bound form) form).
Definitions
- mad
- wild
- violent
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 狂
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狂欢 | kuáng huān | party |
| 狂热 | kuáng rè | zealotry |
| 发狂 | fā kuáng | crazy |
| 杀人狂 | shā rén kuáng | homicidal maniac |
| 狂人 | kuáng rén | madman |
| 狂欢节 | kuáng huān jié | carnival |
| 狂犬病 | kuáng quǎn bìng | rabies |
| 工作狂 | gōng zuò kuáng | workaholic |
| 自大狂 | zì dà kuáng | megalomania |
| 欣喜若狂 | xīn xǐ ruò kuáng | to be wild with joy (idiom) |
| 狂奔 | kuáng bēn | to run like crazy |
| 狂躁 | kuáng zào | rash |
| 狂怒 | kuáng nù | furious |
| 狂暴 | kuáng bào | frantic |
| 狂妄 | kuáng wàng | egotistical |
狂 appears in 81 compound words: 51 as the first character, 41 as the last, and 9 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 狂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (11)
furious storm; violent storm; difficult circumstance; volatile situation
to try hard to save a desperate crisis; to do one's utmost to save a desperate situation
to try hard to save a desperate crisis; to do one's utmost to save a desperate situation
Example Sentences
这个狂字的意思与它的部首有关。
zhè gě kuáng zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .
The meaning of the character "狂" is related to its radical.
比台股还会涨!韩国股市一路狂飙,专家解析从“折价”走向“重新评价”的...
bǐ tái gǔ hái huì zhǎng ! hán guó gǔ shì yī lù kuáng biāo , zhuān jiā jiě xī cóng zhé jià zǒu xiàng chóng xīn píng jià de . . .
It will rise more than Taiwan stocks! The South Korean stock market has been soaring, and experts have analyzed the move from "discount" to "re-evaluation"...
天气/今狂飙32度热爆!明锋面接力“春雨连发” 冷...
tiān qì jīn kuáng biāo 3 2 dù rè bào ! míng fēng miàn jiē lì chūn yǔ lián fā lěng . . .
Weather/Today's soaring 32 degrees hot! Mingfeng faced the "spring rain burst" cold...
超商换冰拿铁“店员跳针狂问2字”真相曝
chāo shāng huàn bīng ná tiě diàn yuán tiào zhēn kuáng wèn 2 zì zhēn xiāng pù
The truth of the supermarket changing ice latte "the clerk jumped the needle and asked 2 words" was exposed
独家/大年初二邻嫌吵狂砸门找碴 屋主:根本不在
dú jiā dà nián chū èr lín xián chǎo kuáng zá mén zhǎo 碴 wū zhǔ : gēn běn bù zài
Exclusive/On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the neighbor was noisy and smashed the door to find ballast Homeowner: Not at all
搭新干线遇孩童狂踢椅背 近7成日本人选择忍?坦言是怕“他...
dā xīn gān xiàn yù hái tóng kuáng tī yǐ bèi jìn 7 chéng rì běn rén xuǎn zé rěn ? tǎn yán shì pà tā . . .
Nearly 70% of Japanese people choose to endure when they encounter children on the Shinkansen? Frankly said that he was afraid that "he...
穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲是个权力狂。
Mù'āmài'ěr · Kǎzhāfēi shì ge quánlìkuáng.
Muammar Gaddafi is a megalomaniac.
吉姆为他的女朋友疯狂。
Jí mǔ wèi tā de nǚpéngyou fēngkuáng.
Jim is crazy about his girlfriend.
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?
史蒂芬·科拜尔是一个好疯狂的家伙。
Shǐ dì fēn · kē bài ěr shì yī gè hǎo fēngkuáng de jiāhuo.
Stephen Colbert is a pretty crazy guy.
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