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乱

luàn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character Traditional 亂

乱 (luàn) means "in confusion or disorder". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 乱 means

1. in confusion or disorder
2. in a confused state of mind
3. disorder
4. upheaval
5. riot
6. illicit sexual relations
7. to throw into disorder
8. to mix up
9. indiscriminate
10. random
11. arbitrary

Example sentences

• 不要乱搞!
  Bù yào luàngǎo!
  Don't mess around!
• 乱世出英雄。
  Heroes arise in troubled times.
• 汤姆也很混乱。
  Tāngmǔ yě hěn hùnluàn.
  Tom was confused, too.
• 汤姆头发蓬乱。
  Tāngmǔ tóu fā péngluàn.
  Tom's hair was disheveled.
• 他的房间很乱。
  His room's a mess.
• 不能去乱碰的！
  You can't touch it!

Words starting with 乱

• 乱七八糟luàn qī bā zāo(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
• 乱说luàn shuōto talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks
• 乱跑luàn pǎoto run around; to run about aimlessly
• 乱世luàn shìthe world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world
• 乱叫luàn jiàoto inconsiderately shout
• 乱糟糟luàn zāo zāochaotic; topsy turvy; a complete mess
• 乱动luàn dòngto fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with
• 乱伦luàn lúnto violate moral principles; depravity; (esp.) to commit incest; incest
• 乱来luàn láito act recklessly; to mess around
• 乱哄哄luàn hōng hōngnoisy and in disarray; in an uproar
• 乱石luàn shírocks; stones; rubble
• 乱搞luàn gǎoto make a mess; to mess with; to be wild
• 乱子luàn zidisturbance; trouble
• 乱成一团luàn chéng yī tuánin a great mess; chaotic
• 乱蓬蓬luàn pēng pēngdisheveled; tangled
• 乱套luàn tàoin a mess; upside down
• 乱吃luàn chīto eat indiscriminately
• 乱写luàn xiěto write without basis
• 乱局luàn júchaotic situation; turmoil; upheaval
• 乱掉luàn diàomessed up; in disarray; chaotic
• 乱政luàn zhèngto corrupt politics
• 乱数luàn shù(Taiwan) random number
• 乱民luàn mínrebels
• 乱画luàn huàto doodle; graffito; doodle

Words containing 乱

• 混乱hùn luànconfused; chaotic; disorderly
• 胡乱hú luàncareless; reckless; casually
• 扰乱rǎo luànto disturb; to perturb; to harass
• 捣乱dǎo luànto disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row
• 慌乱huāng luànfrenetic; hurried
• 胡思乱想hú sī luàn xiǎng(idiom) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
• 凌乱líng luànmessy; disarrayed; disheveled
• 骚乱sāo luàndisturbance; riot; to create a disturbance
• 动乱dòng luànturmoil; upheaval; unrest
• 眼花缭乱yǎn huā liáo luànto be dazzled
• 杂乱zá luànin a mess; in a jumble; chaotic
• 手忙脚乱shǒu máng jiǎo luàn(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
• 战乱zhàn luànchaos of war
• 紊乱wěn luàndisorder; chaos
• 散乱sǎn luànin disorder; messy; Taiwan pr. sàn luàn
• 胡言乱语hú yán luàn yǔbabbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch
• 忙乱máng luànrushed and muddled
• 暴乱bào luànriot; rebellion; revolt
• 叛乱pàn luànarmed rebellion
• 纷乱fēn luànnumerous and disorderly
• 淫乱yín luànpromiscuous
• 心烦意乱xīn fán yì luànlit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom); distraught with anxiety
• 零乱líng luànin disorder; a complete mess
• 杂乱无章zá luàn wú zhāngdisordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic

Characters that look like 乱

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 乳rǔ(bound form) breast; (bound form) milk; (bound form) newborn; suckling
• 坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive
• 虱shīlouse
• 玑jī(literary) baroque pearl; irregular pearl

Sounds the same

Read luàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 乿old variant of 乱

Where 乱 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Descriptions & quality (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read luàn correctly.
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