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
混浊
hùnzhuó
muddy; turbid; cloudy
Characters in this word
浊 zhuó
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 虫 insect, worm
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 连日暴雨过后，水库的水明显混浊，必须经过进一步过滤才能饮用。 Liánrì bàoyǔ guòhòu, shuǐkù de shuǐ míngxiǎn hùnzhuó, bìxū jīngguò jìnyíbù guòlǜ cái néng yǐnyòng. After days of heavy rain, the reservoir water was noticeably turbid and had to be filtered further before it could be drunk.
- 河水混浊，看不清水底的石头。 Héshuǐ hùnzhuó, kàn bù qīng shuǐdǐ de shítou. The river water is muddy, and you cannot see the stones on the bottom.
- 屋里空气混浊，快打开窗户透透气吧。 Wū lǐ kōngqì hùnzhuó, kuài dǎkāi chuānghu tòutou qì ba. The air in the room is stuffy; quickly open the window and let in some fresh air.
Related words
- 混 hùn to mix, to blend; carelessly
- 混合 hùnhé to mix, to blend
- 混乱 hùnluàn chaotic, disorderly
- 混淆 hùnxiáo to confuse; to mix up
- 泛滥 fànlàn to overflow; to spread unchecked; to be rampant
- 潮水 cháoshuǐ tide; tidal water
- 防汛 fángxùn flood prevention; to guard against floods
- 激荡 jīdàng to surge; to reverberate; to stir
- 放水 fàngshuǐ to release water; to go easy deliberately
- 荡漾 dàngyàng to ripple; to undulate
- 坝 bà dam; embankment
- 波澜 bōlán waves; disturbance; twists and turns