混 hùn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 昆 elder brother
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
混乱
hùnluàn
chaotic, disorderly
Characters in this word
乱 luàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 乚 — secret, hidden, mysterious
Example phrases
- 发布会现场一度十分混乱，工作人员不得不临时调整入场秩序。 Fābùhuì xiànchǎng yídù shífēn hùnluàn, gōngzuò rényuán bùdébù línshí tiáozhěng rùchǎng zhìxù. The press conference venue was extremely chaotic for a while, and staff had to temporarily adjust the entry order.
- 下课铃一响，走廊里变得有点混乱。 Xiàkèlíng yì xiǎng, zǒuláng lǐ biàn de yǒudiǎn hùnluàn. As soon as the class bell rang, the corridor became a bit chaotic.
- 我的书桌太混乱了，每次找东西都要花很长时间。 Wǒ de shūzhuō tài hùnluàn le, měi cì zhǎo dōngxi dōu yào huā hěn cháng shíjiān. My desk is so messy that it takes ages to find anything.
Related words
- 混 hùn to mix, to blend; carelessly
- 混合 hùnhé to mix, to blend
- 混淆 hùnxiáo to confuse; to mix up
- 混浊 hùnzhuó muddy; turbid; cloudy
- 乱 luàn messy; chaotic
- 捣乱 dǎoluàn to make trouble; to disrupt
- 胡乱 húluàn randomly; carelessly; without order
- 胡思乱想 húsīluànxiǎng to indulge in wild thoughts; to let one's imagination run away
- 慌乱 huāngluàn panicked; flustered; in disorder
- 乱七八糟 luànqībāzāo in a complete mess; all in disorder
- 忙乱 mángluàn flustered; in a hurried mess
- 扰乱 rǎoluàn to disrupt; to disturb