<p>Yes the terms 疯狂的(adv/adj); 疯狂(adj/adv); 狂(adj/adv) has other connotations beside being mentally ill.</p>

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  <p><strong>recklessly</strong> / <strong>beyond imagination</strong> / <strong>out of the word (unrealistic)</strong></p>
  
  <p>Example: </p>
  
  <p>疯狂的计划 / 疯狂计划 (crazy plan; reckless plan ; plan beyond imagination  )</p>
</blockquote>

<p>~</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>uncontrollably</strong> / <strong>earnestly</strong> / <strong>enthusiastically</strong></p>
  
  <p>Example: </p>
  
  <p>疯狂地殴打 / 狂殴 ( crazily beat someone; uncontrollably beat someone)</p>
  
  <p>疯狂购物 / 狂购  (shop crazily ; shop uncontrollably; shop enthusiastically)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>~</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>strange</strong> / <strong>weird</strong> </p>
  
  <p>Example:</p>
  
  <p>疯狂科学家 (crazy scientist/ weird scientist)</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>In English the word "crazy" apart from "being mentally ill" may have a less negative meaning of "being strange/weird/unconventional". Does chinese word 疯狂的 also have this connotation?<br>
If not, what is the best chinese equivalent to it?</p>

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疯狂的 "crazy" meaning "unconventional"?
# 疯狂的 "crazy" meaning "unconventional"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-07)

In English the word "crazy" apart from "being mentally ill" may have a less negative meaning of "being strange/weird/unconventional". Does chinese word 疯狂的 also have this connotation?  
If not, what is the best chinese equivalent to it?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-05-07. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Yes the terms 疯狂的(adv/adj); 疯狂(adj/adv); 狂(adj/adv) has other connotations beside being mentally ill.

> **recklessly** / **beyond imagination** / **out of the word (unrealistic)**
>
> Example:
>
> 疯狂的计划 / 疯狂计划 (crazy plan; reckless plan ; plan beyond imagination )

~

> **uncontrollably** / **earnestly** / **enthusiastically**
>
> Example:
>
> 疯狂地殴打 / 狂殴 ( crazily beat someone; uncontrollably beat someone)
>
> 疯狂购物 / 狂购 (shop crazily ; shop uncontrollably; shop enthusiastically)

~

> **strange** / **weird**
>
> Example:
>
> 疯狂科学家 (crazy scientist/ weird scientist)


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