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混

hùn

HSK 6 Character

What 混 means

1. to mix
2. to mingle
3. muddled
4. to drift along
5. to muddle along
6. to pass for
7. to get along with sb
8. thoughtless
9. reckless

Other readings

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

• húnmuddy; turbid (variant of {浑|hún}); brainless; foolish (variant of {浑|hún}); Taiwan pr. hù

Example sentences

• 混蛋！
  Bastards!
• 混帐东西！
  You're a bastard!
• 真是个混蛋!
  What a bastard!
• 汤姆也很混乱。
  Tāngmǔ yě hěn hùnluàn.
  Tom was confused, too.
• 油和水不能混合。
  Oil and water don't blend.
• 汤姆只是在瞎混。
  Tom's just larking about.

Words starting with 混

• 混乱hùn luànconfused; chaotic; disorderly
• 混合hùn héto mix; to blend; hybrid; composite
• 混淆hùn xiáoto obscure; to confuse; to mix up
• 混浊hùn zhuóturbid; muddy; dirty
• 混蛋hún dànscoundrel; bastard; hoodlum
• 混沌hùn dùnprimal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology)…
• 混杂hùn záto mix; to mingle
• 混凝土hùn níng tǔconcrete (building material)
• 混进hùn jìnto infiltrate; to sneak into
• 混战hùn zhànchaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee; to join in such fighting
• 混迹hùn jìmixed in as part of a community; hiding one's identity…
• 混入hùn rùto sneak into
• 混为一谈hùn wéi yī tánto confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
• 混血儿hùn xuè érperson of mixed blood
• 混日子hùn rì zito idle; to waste time
• 混熟hùn shóuto get familiar with
• 混合物hùn hé wùmixture; composite
• 混事hùn shìto work half-heartedly; to get by in a job with the minimum effort
• 混交hùn jiāomixed (growth of wood)
• 混作hùn zuòmixed cropping (i.e. growing two crops together)
• 混元hùn yuántime immemorial; origin of the universe; the world
• 混充hùn chōngto pass oneself off as sb; to palm sth off as
• 混同hùn tóngto mix up; to confuse one thing with another
• 混名hùn míngnickname

Words containing 混

• 鬼混guǐ hùnto hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly
• 含混hán hùnvague; unclear; ambiguous
• 蒙混过关méng hùn guò guānto get away with it; to slip through; to bluff one's way out
• 厮混sī hùn(derog.) to hang out (with sb); to mix (things) together
• 钢筋混凝土gāng jīn hùn níng tǔreinforced concrete
• 鱼龙混杂yú lóng hùn zálit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk
• 打混dǎ hùnto muddle things up; to goof off; to hang around
• 蒙混méng hùnto deceive; to hoodwink; Taiwan pr. mēng hùn
• 重混chóng hùnremix (music)
• 阿混ā hùn(dialect) idler; loafer
• 小混混xiǎo hùn hùnhooligan; rogue; a good-for-nothing
• 人车混行rén chē hún xíngpedestrian-vehicle mixed use
• 弄混nòng húnto confuse (fail to differentiate)
• 搞混gǎo hùnto confuse; to muddle; to mix up
• 闲混xián hùnto loiter
• 鱼目混珠yú mù hùn zhūto pass off fish eyes for pearls; to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)
• 军阀混战jūn fá hùn zhànincessant fighting between warlords
• 搅混jiǎo hunto mix; to blend
• 蛇绿混杂shé lǜ hùn záophiolite melange (geology)
• 龙蛇混杂lóng shé hùn zálit. dragons and snakes mingle (idiom); fig. a mix of good people and scumbags
• 蛇绿混杂岩shé lǜ hùn zá yánophiolite (geology)
• 蛇绿混杂岩带shé lǜ hùn zá yán dàiophiolite belt (geology)
• 瞎混xiā hùnto muddle along; to live aimlessly
• 出来混迟早要还的chū lái hùn chí zǎo yào huán deif you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it

Characters built on 昆

These share the phonetic component 昆 (kūn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 棍gùnstick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain
• 辊gǔnroller
• 鲲kūnfry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鹏
• 馄húnused in 馄饨
• 琨kūn(jade)
• 醌kūnquinone (chemistry)
• 锟kūnsteel sword
• 绲gǔncord; embroidered sash; to sew

Characters that look like 混

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

• 港gǎngharbor; port
• 浪làngwave; breaker; unrestrained
• 渔yúfisherman; to fish
• 湿shīmoist; wet
• 谦qiānmodest
• 遐xiádistant; long-lasting; to abandon

Sounds the same

Read hùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诨jest; nickname
• 溷privy; animal pen; muddy
• 圂grain-fed animals; pigsty
• 慁confused; dishonor
• 掍edging (of a dress etc); old variant of 混