kuáng
adjective/adverb HSK 5 #1,489

Meanings

  1. 1 mad; crazy; insane
  2. 2 wild; violent; unrestrained
  3. 3 wildly; frantically (as intensifier)

Examples

Wàimiàn kuángfēng dà zuò.
A wild wind is raging outside.
Tā jiǎnzhí shì ge kuángrén.
He is simply a madman.
Fěnsīmen kuángrè de zhuī zhe míngxīng.
Fans fanatically chase after celebrities.
Dàjiā kuáng xiào bù zhǐ.
Everyone was laughing hysterically.

Tips

usage
as an intensifier is very colloquial: (eat like crazy), 狂笑 (laugh hysterically), (buy like crazy). It's more dramatic than .
usage
疯狂 (fēngkuáng) = crazy/insane, 狂欢 (kuánghuān) = carnival/revelry, 狂热 (kuángrè) = fanatical.

Stroke Order

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