疯

• Pinyin: fēng
• Hanzi breakdown: 疯 = 疒 (illness) + 风 (wind, phonetic)

Meaning

Crazy; insane; mad. Also means to act wildly or enthusiastically.

Can describe mental illness in formal contexts, but more commonly used colloquially to mean acting wild, irrational, or extremely enthusiastic. Often used hyperbolically in casual speech.

Examples

1. 你疯了吗？怎么能做这种事！ Are you crazy? How could you do something like this!
2. 孩子们在操场上疯玩了一下午。 The kids were playing wildly on the playground all afternoon.
3. 她是个疯狂的购物迷，看到打折就走不动路。 She's a crazy shopaholic — she can't walk past a sale.

Usage Guide

Context: everyday, exclamations, behavior

Tone: colloquial

Do Say

• 别疯了，冷静点。(Don't be crazy, calm down.)
• 我快被这工作逼疯了。(This job is driving me crazy.)

Don't Say

• 他是疯的 to describe someone with mental illness (In sensitive contexts, this sounds insensitive — use 他有精神疾病 for medical conditions)

Origin & History

Composed of 疒 (illness radical) + 风 (wind), originally suggesting madness as a wind-like illness affecting the mind.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal