猖 chāng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 昌 sunlight
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
猖狂
chāngkuáng
rampant; unbridled
Characters in this word
狂 kuáng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 王 king, ruler
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 网络诈骗一度非常猖狂，直到跨境执法合作取得突破。 Wǎngluò zhàpiàn yí dù fēicháng chāngkuáng, zhídào kuàjìng zhífǎ hézuò qǔdé tūpò. Online fraud was once extremely rampant, until cross-border law-enforcement cooperation achieved a breakthrough.
- 那只老鼠在厨房里猖狂得很，白天也敢出来找吃的。 Nà zhī lǎoshǔ zài chúfáng lǐ chāngkuáng de hěn, báitiān yě gǎn chūlai zhǎo chī de. That mouse is so bold in the kitchen it even dares to come out in the daytime looking for food.
- 小偷越来越猖狂，居民只好一起组织夜间巡逻。 Xiǎotōu yuè lái yuè chāngkuáng, jūmín zhǐhǎo yìqǐ zǔzhī yèjiān xúnluó. The thief became ever more brazen, so residents had to organise night patrols together.
Related words
- 疯狂 fēngkuáng crazy; wildly
- 狂 kuáng wild; crazy
- 狂欢 kuánghuān to revel; revelry; carnival
- 狂热 kuángrè fanatical; feverish; zealous
- 堕落 duòluò to degenerate; to become depraved; moral decline
- 不正之风 búzhèngzhīfēng unhealthy practice; improper tendency
- 功利 gōnglì utilitarian; practical benefit
- 不肖 búxiào unworthy; degenerate; not resembling one's worthy elders
- 急功近利 jígōngjìnlì to seek quick success and instant benefits
- 不屑 búxiè to disdain; to think something beneath oneself
- 改邪归正 gǎixiéguīzhèng to abandon evil and return to the right path
- 丑恶 chǒu'è ugly; vile; evil