惑 (waak6 | huo4) : puzzled; delude; mislead

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惑

waak6

huo4

[1] be puzzled; be bewildered
[2] delude; mislead; confuse

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

惑

This word has been viewed 6120 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Sep 2014 14:40

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古惑仔 gu2 waak6 zai2 = gangster; criminal 粵

蠱惑 gu2 waak6 gu3 huo4 = crafty; crafty; tricks; stunts

誘惑 jau5 waak6 you4 huo4 = to entice; temptation

疑惑 ji4 waak6 yi2 huo4 = uncertainty

出蠱惑 ceot1 gu2 waak6 = outfox 粵

大惑不解 daai6 waak6 bat1 gaai2 da4 huo4 bu4 jie3 = do not understand a certain thing

困惑 kwan3 waak6 kun4 huo4 = confused; puzzled

疑惑不解 ji4 waak6 bat1 gaai2 yi2 huo4 bu4 jie3 = feel puzzled; have doubts 國

迷惑 mai4 waak6 = to confuse; to bewilder; to perplex

困惑不解 kwan3 waak6 bat1 gaai2 kun4 huo4 bu4 jie3 = to feel perplexed (common formation)

迷惑不解 mai4 waak6 bat1 gaai2 mi2 huo4 bu4 jie3 = to feel puzzled (common formation)

蠱惑仔 gu2 waak6 zai2 = a cunning person; a street criminal 粵

蠱惑女 gu2 waak6 neoi5*2 = a female gang member 粵

古惑 gu2 waak6 gu3 huo4 = variant of 蠱惑

行蠱惑 haang4 gu2 waak6 = to engage in illegal activities; to live the life of a triad member 粵

行古惑 haang4 gu2 waak6 xing2 gu3 huo4 = live the life of a gangster; living in the hood 粵

魅惑 mei6 waak6 mei4 huo4 = to bedevil, to captivate, charms, attractiveness

惶惑 wong4 waak6 huang2 huo4 = anxious and perplexed; uneasy and confused; suspicious and fearful

妖言惑眾 jiu2 jin4 waak6 zung3 yao1 yan2 huo4 zhong4 = spread fallacies to deceive people

蠱惑人心 gu2 waak6 jan4 sam1 gu3 huo4 ren2 xin1 = rabble-rousing 國

年屆不惑 nin4 gaai3 bat1 waak6 nian2 jie4 bu2 huo4 = 40 years old; to have reached the age 40; to be a quadragenarian

不惑之年 bat1 waak4 zi1 nin4 hu2 huo4 zhi1 nian2 = 40 years old; to be a quadragenarian

惑星 waak6 sing1 huo4 xing1 = planet

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+60d1 (off-site link)

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