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
慌张
huāngzhāng
flustered; nervous; in a panic
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 面试官的问题并不尖锐，他却显得过于慌张，几次答非所问。 Miànshìguān de wèntí bìng bù jiānruì, tā què xiǎnde guòyú huāngzhāng, jǐ cì dá fēi suǒ wèn. The interviewer's questions were not sharp, yet he appeared overly flustered and repeatedly gave irrelevant answers.
- 他慌张地翻着书包，却找不到作业本。 Tā huāngzhāng de fān zhe shūbāo, què zhǎo bú dào zuòyèběn. He rummaged flustered through his schoolbag but could not find his homework book.
- 别慌张，慢慢说，出什么事了？ Bié huāngzhāng, mànmàn shuō, chū shénme shì le? Don't panic, speak slowly: what happened?
Related words
- 慌 huāng to panic
- 慌忙 huāngmáng hurriedly
- 慌乱 huāngluàn panicked; flustered; in disorder
- 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
- 紧张 jǐnzhāng nervous; tense
- 张 zhāng a measure word for flat things
- 主张 zhǔzhāng to support; position
- 夸张 kuāzhāng exaggerated
- 东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng to look around distractedly; to gaze about