HSK 5 · Adjectives

疯狂 fēngkuáng “crazy” in Chinese

Traditional 瘋狂

What 疯狂 means

  1. crazy
  2. frenzied
  3. wild

How to say 疯狂

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale疯fēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale狂kuáng2nd tone, rising

疯狂 in a sentence

  1. 那是疯狂的。

    Nà shì fēngkuáng de.

    That’s crazy.

    Sentence #826184 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 我的猫很疯狂。

    Wǒ de māo hěn fēngkuáng.

    My cat is crazy.

    Sentence #1445917 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我为你疯狂。

    Wǒ wèi nǐ fēngkuáng.

    I’m crazy about you.

    Sentence #760878 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 疯狂 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 疯 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
疯fēnginsane
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 风wind · fēngSound part

疒 hints at the meaning (sickness); 风 (fēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fēng.

The character 狂 (kuáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
狂kuángmad
  • 犭dog form of 犬 · quǎnMeaning part
  • 王king · wángSound part

犭 hints at the meaning (dog); 王 (wáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuáng.

How to write 疯狂

疯 9 strokes · 狂 7 strokes

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疯狂 (fēngkuáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 疯狂 (fēngkuáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

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FAQs

疯狂 (fēngkuáng) means “crazy” or “frenzied”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fēngkuáng: fēng with a 1st tone, then kuáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 疯狂 is written 瘋狂. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fengkuang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 疯狂 from the suggestions. Typing fengkuang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
疯狂 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.