混 (wan6 | hun4 hun2) : mix; confuse; muddle along; muddy

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混

wan6

hun4 hun2

(jyutping) wan6, (pinyin) hun4
[1] [v] mix; blend; mingle
[2] [v] confuse; pass/palm off as
[3] [v] muddle/drift along; get along with

(jyutping) wan6, (pinyin) hun2
[adj] variant of 渾 for meanings of "muddy" and "foolish"

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

混

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th May 2014 01:37

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混賬 wan6 zoeng3 hun4 zhang4 = shameful; absolutely disgraceful!; scoundrel; son of a bitch 國

混凝土 wan6 jing4 tou2 hun4 ning2 tu3 = concrete (building material)

混合 wan6 hap6 hun4 he2 = to mix

混合物 wan6 hap6 mat6 hun4 he2 wu4 = mixture

混亂 wan6 lyun6 hun4 luan4 = confusion; chaos; anarchy

混沌 wan6 deon6 hun4 dun4 = abysm, chaos, nebulous, before the universe took shape

混水摸魚 wan6 seoi2 mo2 jyu4 = fish in troubled waters

混鬧 wan6 naau6 = make senseless fuss

胡胡混混 wu4 wu4 wan6 wan6 = hell around

胡混 wu4 wan6 = to do nominal work
See all 41 compounds (CantoDict reports 42 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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+6df7 (off-site link)

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