发疯

發瘋

fāfēng

verb #2,868

Meanings

1 to go crazy
2 to go mad
3 to lose one's mind

Characters

to emit; to send out

Examples

你发疯了吗？

Nǐ fāfēng le ma?

Have you gone crazy?

这件事快让我发疯了。

Zhè jiàn shì kuài ràng wǒ fāfēng le.

This thing is driving me crazy.

别发疯了，冷静一下。

Bié fāfēng le, lěngjìng yīxià.

Stop being crazy, calm down.

Tips

usage

发疯 can be literal (mental illness) or figurative (acting irrationally). In casual speech it usually means 'acting crazy.'

memory

发 (emit/send out) + 疯 (madness) — madness breaks out of you.

Stroke Order

发 fā

疯 fēng