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胡乱

hú luàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 胡亂

胡乱 (hú luàn) means "careless; reckless; casually". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 胡乱 means

1. careless
2. reckless
3. casually
4. absent-mindedly
5. at will
6. at random
7. any old how

The characters in 胡乱

• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 乱luànin confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder

Example sentences

• 他胡乱把书本放在架上。
  Tā húluàn bǎ shūběn fàng zài jià shàng.
  He put the books on the shelf out of order.
• 你胡乱打枪，会吓跑猎物的。
  Nǐ húluàn dǎqiāng, huì xiàpǎo lièwùde.
  Your random firing will scare away the prey.

Words containing 胡乱

• 丙子胡乱Bǐng zǐ Hú luànsecond Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
• 丁卯胡乱Dīng mǎo Hú luànfirst Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)

Where 胡乱 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · hóng–hū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hú luàn correctly.
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