狂 (kong4 kwong4 | kuang2) : mad; violent; wildly

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狂

kong4 kwong4

kuang2

[1] mad; crazy; insane
[2] violent; arrogant; unruly
[3] wildly; unrestrainedly; boisterously

[kwong4] is an archaic pronunciation.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 犬 (#94)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

狂

This word has been viewed 7269 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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狂風 kong4 fung1 kuang2 feng1 = fierce wind

色情狂 sik1 cing4 kong4 = abnormal sexual desires, nymphomania or satyriasis.

大膽狂徒，光天化日之下，竟敢調戲良家婦女 daai6 daam2 kong4 tou4, gwong1 tin1 faa3 jat6 zi1 haa6, ging2 gam2 tiu4 hei3 loeng4 gaa1 fu5 neoi5 = in broad daylight, flirt with a woman from a good home

猖狂 coeng1 kong4 chang1 kuang2 = savage; furious

瘋狂 fung1 kong4 feng1 kuang2 = madness; lunacy

狂毆 kong4 au2 = clobber

殺人狂 saat3 jan4 kong4 sha1 ren2 kuang2 = homicidal maniac

瘋狂的 fung1 kong4 dik1 feng1 kuang2 de5 = deranged 國

狂烈 kong4 lit6 kuang2 lie4 = turbulence, a state of violent agitation

戀母狂 lyun2 mou5 kong4 = mother complex; oedipus complex; a mother fixation
See all 40 compounds (CantoDict reports 38 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 2 examples containing 狂

佢係個殺人狂嚟㗎粵
He's a homicidal maniac!

我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 狂
Unicode code for this character: U+72c2 (off-site link)

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