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狂
Mandarin · pinyin kuáng
Meanings
- mad
- wild
- violent
Characters in this entry
- 狂
- kuáng · insane, mad; violent; wild
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Mandarin tones
2 · kuang2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
kong4 · kwong4
Cantonese word readings for 狂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- mad; insane; crazy
- wildly arrogant; conceited; stiff-necked
- (literary, or in compounds) violent; ferocious
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 誑／诳 (kuáng, “to cheat; to deceive”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 往 (“to go to”)
- (of dogs) to go crazy; to act aggressively
- as one pleases; as one likes; whatever one wants; wildly
- (literary, or in compounds) roaring; enormous
- (Southern Min) flustered; hurried
- (Southern Min, of animal) to be in heat
- (Eastern Min) to become angry
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be hot for; to be crazy about
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