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惹

rě

HSK 6 Character

What 惹 means

1. to provoke
2. to irritate
3. to vex
4. to stir up
5. to anger
6. to attract (troubles)
7. to cause (problems)

Example sentences

• 别惹我了。
  Don't get me started.
• 我不想再惹事了。
  Wǒ bù xiǎng zài rěshì le.
  I don't want to cause any more trouble.
• 梅格有时惹恼肯。
  Méi gé yǒushí rěnǎo kěn.
  Meg sometimes annoys Ken.
• 你只有惹事最能。
  You're really the best when, and only when, it comes to angering people.
• 我不想惹你生气。
  I don't mean to spite you.
• 你要小心别惹他生气。
  Nǐ yào xiǎoxīn bié rě tā shēngqì.
  You must be careful not to make him angry.

Words starting with 惹

• 惹祸rě huòto stir up trouble; to invite disaster
• 惹人rě rénto provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc); to offend; to attract (attention)
• 惹火rě huǒto stir up the fire; fig. to provoke and offend people; to ruffle feathers
• 惹事rě shìto cause trouble
• 惹恼rě nǎoto offend
• 惹麻烦rě má fanto create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble
• 惹不起rě bu qǐcan't afford to offend; dare not provoke; difficult to deal with
• 惹怒rě nùto provoke anger
• 惹毛rě máo(colloquial) to irritate; to annoy; to piss sb off
• 惹眼rě yǎneye-catching; conspicuous
• 惹起rě qǐprovoke, incite; stir up; arouse (attention)
• 惹乱子rě luàn zito stir up trouble; to get into trouble
• 惹人厌rě rén yànannoying; disgusting
• 惹是非rě shì fēito stir up trouble
• 惹人心烦rě rén xīn fánto annoy people; to be a pain in the neck
• 惹人注意rě rén zhù yìto attract attention
• 惹人注目rě rén zhù mùto attract attention; noticeable
• 惹是生非rě shì shēng fēito stir up trouble
• 惹火烧身rě huǒ shāo shēnstir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt…
• 惹娄子rě lóu zito stir up trouble; to bring trouble upon oneself
• 惹楼子rě lóu zivariant of 惹娄子
• 惹事生非rě shì shēng fēivariant of 惹是生非
• 惹草沾花rě cǎo zhān huāsee 沾花惹草
• 惹喽子rě lóu zivariant of 惹娄子

Words containing 惹

• 招惹zhāo rěto court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb)
• 好惹hǎo rěaccommodating; easy to push around
• 娘惹Niáng rěNyonya; see 峇峇娘惹
• 日惹Rì rěYogyakarta, city of Java, Indonesia, and capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta 日惹特区
• 不好惹bù hǎo rěnot to be trifled with; not to be pushed around; stand no nonsense
• 易激惹yì jī rěirritable
• 妈惹法克mā rě fǎ kèmotherfucker (loanword)
• 招灾惹祸zhāo zāi rě huòto invite disaster
• 招风惹草zhāo fēng rě cǎo(idiom) to bring trouble on oneself
• 日惹特区Rì rě Tè qūSpecial Region of Yogyakarta, region of Java, Indonesia
• 沾花惹草zhān huā rě cǎoto fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom); to womanize; to frequent brothels
• 撩惹liáo rěto provoke; to tease
• 拈花惹草niān huā rě cǎolit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom); fig. to womanize…
• 峇峇娘惹Bā bā Niáng rěPeranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay…
• 招风惹雨zhāo fēng rě yǔsee 招风惹草

Characters that look like 惹

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

• 菌jūngerm; bacteria; fungus
• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 葱cōngscallion; green onion
• 蓉róngpaste made by mashing beans or seeds etc; used in 芙蓉
• 蒺jíTribulus terrestris

Sounds the same

Read rě, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 若used in 般若; used in 兰若
• 喏used in 唱喏