CRAZY 狂
VOLUNTARILY DIFFERENT from CUSTOM.
Hypernym
- DIFFERENTRELATION of NOT MUTUALLY RESEMBLING.
See also
- MADILLNESS of the MIND.
- STRANGEFEW:rare AND NOT EXPECTED.
- UNRESTRAINEDLACK MODERATION AND ACT CONFORMING to one's DESIRES.
Modern Chinese Criteria
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
- Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques
(
DUFOUR 1910)
p.
53 - Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography
(
ROBERTS 1998)
p.
331 - Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography
(
ROBERTS 1998)
p.
545
Words
狂 kuáng OC: ɡʷaŋ MC: gi̯ɐŋ 49 Attributions
- Word relations
- Ant: 妄/CRAZY
- Ant: 當/APPROPRIATE
Shì 適 and dàng 當 (both ant. guāi 乖 "in conflict with certain prevailing circumstances") refer to what is objectively fitting in certain circumstances. [OBJECTIVE], [TRANSITORY] - Ant: 狷 / 狷/SMALL
Jū 拘 (ant. dàng 蕩 "be completely free") and shù 束 refer to being confined or constrained by external circumstances. - Ant: 猖/MAD
- Ant: 直/STERN
- Epithet: 幼/YOUNG
The current general "absolute" word for tender youth is yòu 幼 (ant. zhǎng 長 "grown up"), and this word refers to young age of animals, as well as humans. - Contrast: 狷 / 狷/SMALL
Jū 拘 (ant. dàng 蕩 "be completely free") and shù 束 refer to being confined or constrained by external circumstances. - Assoc: 悖 / 誖 / 悖誖勃/CONFUSED
Bèi 悖/誖/勃 refers to confusion in the form of contradictoriness and incoherence of opinions held or of attitudes. xxx - Assoc: 悖/CRAZY
- Assoc: 亂/CONFUSED
Luàn 亂 refers to a chaotic state of mind. - Assoc: 愚/STUPID
The dominant word is yú 愚 (ant. zhì 智 "clever; wise"), and the word refers to intellectual obtuseness as well as practical ineptitude. - Assoc: 簡/STUPID
- Assoc: 猖/MAD
- Assoc: 僻 / 辟/VULGAR
- Syntactic words
- n=Nprthe excentric/madman NprCH
- nabderogatoryoutrageous silliness, irresponsibility; recklessness of behaviourCH
- nabpsychcraziness, eccentricity; recklessness of behaviour and judgment
- npost-NprN=placean eccentric from N, a madman from NCH
- v[adN]crazy person, madman; eccentric; the eccentric
- v[adN]pejorativesilly person; madmanCH
- vadNoff-putting; eccentric; mad; unconventional
- vadNderogatorysilly; insipid; off-puttingCH
- vadVmadly, in an uncontrolled wayCH
- vibe crazy, be off-putting; be wildly eccentric; be very unconventional; be extravagant
- viactbehave crazily, go berserk, freak out; behave madly
- viderogatorybe foolish, be silly; be reckless by nature; be off-puttingCH
- vipejorativebe silly in action; be irresponsible; be reckless; be off-puttingCH
- vtoNcausativemake (oneself) crazy
妄 wàng OC: maŋs MC: mi̯ɐŋ 37 Attributions
- Word relations
- Ant: 狂/CRAZY
- Epithet: 行/ACT
- Epithet: 言/SPEAK
Yán 言 is to speak up, propose, typically in public, and on one's own initiative, to maintain something, and the word can indroduce direct speech as well as occasionally very limited indirect speech. - Contrast: 苟 / 茍/UNRESTRAINED
- Assoc: 易/FRIVOLOUS
- Assoc: 浮/FRIVOLOUS
Fú 浮 sometimes refers to the kind of flippancy or frivolousness that might call for criticism but is not viewed as entirely serious.
- Syntactic words
- nabpsycharbitrary and irregular attitude; unruliness
- vadNarbitrary, subjective, and unfounded
- vadVarbitrarily, wildly; without authorisation
狂夫 kuáng fū MC: gjwang pju OC: ɡʷaŋ paCH 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPderogatory; nonreferentiala madmanCH
妄人 wàng rén MC: mjangH nyin OC: maŋs njinLZ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPpeople harbouring unfounded, excentric attitudesLZ
宥 yòu OC: ɢʷɯs MC: ɦɨu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- viactindulge onself, give free rein to one's desires
狂悖 kuáng bèi OC: ɡʷaŋ bɯɯds MC: gi̯ɐŋ buo̝i 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPadNcrazy
顛狂 diān kuáng MC: -- gjwang OC: -- ɡʷaŋCW 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nabTo be crazy. A Chan word also seen in Zhuxi.CW
恢恑 huī guǐ MC: khwoj kjweX OC: khʷɯɯ krolʔCH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VP[adN]crazy thingsCH
發狂 fā kuáng OC: pod ɡʷaŋ MC: pi̯ɐt gi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPiinchoativebecome crazy; become disorientated; lose proper self-control
Existing SW for
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