乱 luàn▶ ความวุ่นวาย, ความโกลาหล

Stroke order

乱 is written in 7 strokes.

• 乱

Senses

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

• 他的房间总是很乱。Tā de fángjiān zǒngshì hěn luàn.His room is always in a mess.
• 请不要乱放东西。Qǐng bùyào luàn fàng dōngxi.Please do not leave things lying around.

Related words

• 扰乱รบกวน
• 捣乱ปัญหา, ความเดือดร้อน
• 混乱ความสับสน
• 胡乱อย่างไม่เป็นทางการ, อย่างสบายๆ

乱 is pronounced luàn and means “ความวุ่นวาย, ความโกลาหล”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 乱 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.