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 15082 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

混合感染 wan6 hap6 gam2 jim5 hun4 he2 gan3 ran3 = mixed infection

混合模型 wan6 hap6 mou4 jing4 hun4 he2 mo2 xing2 = hybrid model

混合毒劑 wan6 hap6 duk6 zai1 hun4 he2 du2 ji4 = tactical mixture of chemical agents

混淆 wan6 ngaau4 hun4 xiao2 = obscure; confuse; mix up; blur

混濁 wan6 zuk6 hun4 zhuo2 = variant of 渾濁

混紡 wan6 fong2 hun4 fang3 = [n] mixed fabric; blended fabric

混血 wan6 hyut3 hun4 xue4 = hybrid; miscegenation

混雜 wan6 zaap6 hun4 za2 = mix

不可混溶的 bat1 ho2 wan6 jung4 dik1 bu4 ke3 hun4 rong2 de5 = immiscible 國

極度混亂的場面 gik6 dou6 wan6 lyun6 dik1 coeng4 min6*2 = scenes of total mayhem 國

混帳 wan6 zoeng3 hun4 zhang4 = ridiculous; unreasonable

混血兒 wan6 hyut3 ji4 hun4 xue4 er2 (PRC), hun4 xie3 er2 (Taiwan) = mixed-blood; mixed-race; hybrid

攪混 gaau2 wan6 jiao3 hun5 = to mix; to blend

魚目混珠 jyu4 muk6 wan6 zyu1 = passing off something fake as genuine

混合器 wan6 hap6 hei3 hun4 he2 qi4 = admixer; blender; commingler; mixer

混淆是非 wan6 ngaau4 si6 fei1 hun4 yao2 shi4 fei1 (Taiwan), hun4 xiao2 shi4 fei1 (PRC) = confounding right from wrong

混淆視聽 wan6 ngaau4 si6 teng1/ting1 hun4 yao2 shi4 ting1 (Taiwan), hun4 xiao2 shi4 ting1 (PRC) = mislead the public

鋼筋混凝土 gong3 gan1 wan6 jing4 tou2 gang1 jin1 hun4 ning2 tu3 = [n] reinforced concrete (common formation)

混合文化 wan6 hap6 man4 faa3 hun4 he2 wen2 hua4 = mix culture, mixed culture

混燃車 wan6 jin4 ce1 = a hybrid motor vehicle

混種狗 wan6 zung2 gau2 hun4 zhong3 gou3 = a mixed-breed dog

混音 wan6 jam1 hun4 yin1 = audio mixing

廝混 si1 wan6 si1 hun4 = 1. fool around; play around together 2. cause trouble; make trouble 3.mingle with

混吉 wan6 gat1 = waste someone's time 粵

鬼混 gwai2 wan6 gui3 hun4 = to hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly

混蒙 wan6 mung4 hun4 meng1 = chaotic; formless

混蛋 wan6 daan6*2 hun2 dan4 = scoundrel; bastard

混一色 wan6 jat1 sik1 hun4 yi1 se4 = (mahjong) semi-pure/mixed flush hand

混合失語症 wan6 hap6 sat1 jyu5 zing3 hun4 he2 shi1 yu3 zheng4 = mixed aphasia

混氧燃料 wan6 joeng5 jin4 liu6*2 hun4 yang3 ran2 liao4 = mixed-oxide fuel (MOX)

混日子 wan6 jat6 zi2 hun4 ri4 zi5 = muddle on; drift along

龍蛇混雜 lung4 se4 wan6 zaap6 long2 she2 hun4 za2 = motley crowd

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