擾 (jiu2 jiu5 | rao3) : disturb; harass; confusing; trespass

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擾

jiu2 jiu5

rao3

[1] [v] disturb; harass; bother
[2] [adj] confusing; chaotic; disorderly
[3] [v] trespass on sb's hospitality

Jyutping jiu2 is standard reading; jiu5 is becoming obsolete.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 18

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

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

擾 / 扰

This word has been viewed 9534 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Apr 2015 10:31

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打擾 daa2 jiu2 da3 rao3 = disturb; bother

騷擾 sou1 jiu2 sao1 rao3 = harass; disturb; make a nuisance

擾亂 jiu2 lyun6 rao3 luan4 = harass; disturb

困擾 kwan3 jiu2 kun4 rao3 = perplex; puzzle; plague

性騷擾 sing3 sou1 jiu2 xing4 sao1 rao3 = sexual harassment

滋擾 zi1 jiu2 zi1 rao3 = create a nuisance; cause trouble

干擾 gon1 jiu2 gan1 rao3 = disturb; interfere; jam

擾攘 jiu2 joeng5 rao3 rang3 = tumult; noisy confusion

訊號干擾 seon3 hou6 gon1 jiu2 xun4 hao4 gan1 rao3 = signal interference

擾流板 jiu5 lau4 baan2 rao3 liu2 ban3 = spoiler (of a vehicle)
See all 14 compounds (CantoDict reports 16 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 擾

亞蓮隔籬周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾。粵
Ah Lin's neighbours often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137957,137958#msg-137958]

為點小事，豈敢打擾！
I wouldn't dare bother you over such petty things.

人生最困擾之事莫過於喪失了人生目標。
The biggest perplexity in life is losing the goal of life.

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Decimal representation of this word: 擾
Unicode code for this character: U+64fe (off-site link)

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