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狂

kuáng

HSK 5 Character

What 狂 means

1. mad
2. wild
3. violent

Example sentences

• 她欣喜若狂。
  Tā xīnxǐruòkuáng.
  She was beside herself with joy.
• 我为你疯狂。
  I'm crazy about you.
• 那是疯狂的。
  That's crazy.
• 我的猫很疯狂。
  Wǒ de māo hěn fēngkuáng.
  My cat is mad.
• 他是个工作狂。
  Tā shì gè gōngzuòkuáng.
  He is a workaholic.
• 我们欣喜若狂。
  Wǒmen xīnxǐruòkuáng.
  We were overjoyed.

Words starting with 狂

• 狂热kuáng rèzealotry; fanatical; feverish
• 狂欢kuáng huānparty; carousal; hilarity
• 狂奔kuáng bēnto run like crazy; to rush
• 狂风kuáng fēnggale; squall; whole gale (meteorology)
• 狂笑kuáng xiàoto howl with laughter; to laugh one's head off
• 狂人kuáng rénmadman
• 狂喜kuáng xǐecstasy; rapt
• 狂妄kuáng wàngegotistical; arrogant; brassy
• 狂野kuáng yěcoarse and wild
• 狂欢节kuáng huān jiécarnival
• 狂潮kuáng cháosurging tide; (fig.) tide; craze
• 狂飙kuáng biāohurricane; violent reform or revolution; violent movement or force
• 狂风暴雨kuáng fēng bào yǔ(idiom) howling wind and torrential rain; furious storm…
• 狂乱kuáng luànhysterical
• 狂吠kuáng fèito bark furiously; to howl
• 狂暴kuáng bàofrantic; berserk
• 狂放kuáng fàngwild; unrestrained
• 狂犬病kuáng quǎn bìngrabies
• 狂怒kuáng nùfurious
• 狂躁kuáng zàorash; impetuous; irritable
• 狂言kuáng yánravings; delirious utterances; kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)
• 狂想曲kuáng xiǎng qǔrhapsody (music)
• 狂想kuáng xiǎngfantasy; illusion; vain dream
• 狂态kuáng tàidisplay of wild manners; scandalous scene; insolent and conceited manners

Words containing 狂

• 疯狂fēng kuángcrazy; frenzied; wild
• 猖狂chāng kuángsavage; furious
• 发狂fā kuángcrazy; mad; madly
• 欣喜若狂xīn xǐ ruò kuángto be wild with joy (idiom)
• 轻狂qīng kuángfrivolous
• 工作狂gōng zuò kuángworkaholic
• 丧心病狂sàng xīn bìng kuáng(idiom) deranged; demented; berserk
• 癫狂diān kuángderanged; mad; cracked
• 力挽狂澜lì wǎn kuáng lánto pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
• 张狂zhāng kuángbrash; insolent; frantic
• 抓狂zhuā kuáng(colloquial) to be driven crazy (with frustration, stress, anger etc)…
• 偏执狂piān zhí kuángparanoia; monomania
• 受虐狂shòu nüè kuángmasochism; masochist
• 控制狂kòng zhì kuángcontrol freak
• 施虐狂shī nüè kuángsadism (psychiatry)
• 暴露狂bào lù kuángexhibitionist
• 杀人狂shā rén kuánghomicidal maniac
• 自大狂zì dà kuángmegalomania; egomania; delusions of grandeur
• 色情狂sè qíng kuángmad about sex; nymphomania
• 虐待狂nüè dài kuángsadism; sadist
• 跟踪狂gēn zōng kuángstalker
• 口出狂言kǒu chū kuáng yánto speak conceited nonsense; to come out with arrogant claptrap
• 精神狂乱jīng shén kuáng luàndelirium; mental illness
• 惊喜若狂jīng xǐ ruò kuángpleasantly surprised like mad (idiom); capering madly with joy…

Characters built on 王

These share the phonetic component 王 (wáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 皇huángemperor; old variant of 惶
• 匡kuāng(literary) to rectify; (literary) to assist; (colloquial) to calculate roughly…
• 璜huángsemicircular jade ornament

Characters that look like 狂

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 征zhēngjourney; trip; expedition
• 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 枉wǎngto twist; crooked; unjust
• 狈bèia legendary wolf; distressed; wretched
• 朊ruǎnprotein

Sounds the same

Read kuáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诳to deceive; to dupe; falsehood; lie; (dialect) to amuse
• 軖spinning wheel; wheelbarrow
• 𫛭buzzard (genus Buteo)
• 軠old variant of 軖