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淆

xiáo

HSK 6 Character

What 淆 means

1. confused and disorderly
2. mixed
3. Taiwan pr. yáo

Other readings

淆 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiáovariant of {淆|xiáo}

Example sentences

• 这两个词容易混淆。
  Zhè liǎng gè cí róngyì hùnxiáo.
  These two words are easily confused.
• 我又把它们混淆了！
  Wǒ yòu bǎ tāmen hùnxiáo le!
  I mixed them up again!
• 我们决不能把它两个混淆。
  We must never confuse the two.
• 不要把奥地利和澳大利亚混淆。
  Bù yào bǎ àodìlì hé àodàlìyà hùnxiáo.
  Don't confuse Austria with Australia.
• 别混淆美洲和美国，美洲人和美国人。
  Don't mix up the Americas with the United States of America, or citizens of the Americas with citizens of the United States.

Words starting with 淆

• 淆乱xiáo luànto confuse; to befuddle
• 淆杂xiáo záto mix up; to muddle

Words containing 淆

• 混淆hùn xiáoto obscure; to confuse; to mix up
• 混淆是非hùn xiáo shì fēito confuse right and wrong (idiom)
• 混淆视听hùn xiáo shì tīngto obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate…
• 混淆黑白hùn xiáo hēi báito confuse black and white; to say that black is white…

Characters that look like 淆

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

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 渡dùto cross; to pass through; to ferry
• 湾wānbay; gulf; to cast anchor
• 涛tāobig wave; Taiwan pr. táo
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain

Sounds the same

Read xiáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 洨(Taiwan; vulgar) semen (from Taiwanese 潲, Tai-lo pr. [siâu])
• 崤name of a mountain in Henan; also pr. Yáo