慌 huāng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 荒 wasteland, desert
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
慌乱
huāngluàn
panicked; flustered; in disorder
Characters in this word
乱 luàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 乚 — secret, hidden, mysterious
Example phrases
- 突如其来的停电使指挥中心一度慌乱，幸好备用系统很快启动。 Túrúqílái de tíngdiàn shǐ zhǐhuī zhōngxīn yídù huāngluàn, xìnghǎo bèiyòng xìtǒng hěn kuài qǐdòng. The sudden blackout threw the command centre into temporary panic, but fortunately the backup system started quickly.
- 火警铃一响，大家慌乱地跑向出口。 Huǒjǐnglíng yì xiǎng, dàjiā huāngluàn de pǎo xiàng chūkǒu. As soon as the fire alarm rang, everyone ran to the exit in a flustered rush.
- 她找不到钥匙，心里一阵慌乱。 Tā zhǎo bú dào yàoshi, xīnli yí zhèn huāngluàn. She could not find her keys and was seized by a wave of panic.
Related words
- 慌 huāng to panic
- 慌忙 huāngmáng hurriedly
- 慌张 huāngzhāng flustered; nervous; in a panic
- 惊慌 jīnghuāng panicked; alarmed
- 惊慌失措 jīnghuāngshīcuò to panic and be at a loss
- 恐慌 kǒnghuāng panic; alarm
- 心慌 xīnhuāng flustered; panicky
- 乱 luàn messy; chaotic
- 混乱 hùnluàn chaotic, disorderly
- 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