亂 (lyun6 | luan4) : disorderly; upset; indiscriminately

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亂

lyun6

luan4

[1] [adj] disorderly; messy; riotous [2] [adj] upset; perturbed; confused [3] [adv] indiscriminately; arbitrarily; at random [4] [v] jumble up; throw into chaos; confuse

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 乙 (#5)

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

亂 / 乱

Don't confuse with:
乳

This word has been viewed 14863 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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擾亂 jiu2 lyun6 rao3 luan4 = harass; disturb

手忙腳亂 sau2 mong4 goek3 lyun6 shou3 mang2 jiao3 luan4 = thrown into confusion

立立亂 lap6 lap6*2 lyun6 = chaotic; messy 粵

攪亂 gaau2 lyun6 jiao3 luan4 = confuse; mess up

亂倫 lyun6 leon4 luan4 lun2 = incest, to commit incest

亂嚟 lyun6*2 lai4 = carelessly; irresponsibly 粵

亂七八糟 lyun6 cat1 baat3 zou1 luan4 qi1 ba1 zao1 = totally disordered, in a mess; at sixes and sevens

亂龍 lyun6*2 lung4 = disorderly 粵

亂噏 lyun6*2 ngap1 = talk nonsense 粵

搗亂 dou2 lyun6 dao3 luan4 = to create a disturbance
See all 97 compounds (CantoDict reports 101 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你喺度亂講乜嘢？粵
What the hell are you doing?
[Lit. you in-the-process-of say what? Std. Chinese: 你在胡說其麼？]

間辦公室俾啲細路搞到立立亂。粵
The office was turned upside-down by the kids.
[[parsing] (classifier) office by (plural classifier) kids make (extent particle) chaotic http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128766 ]

佢哋乘機啲暴亂搶嘢粵 ?!
They took advantage of the riots to steal things.

你要掉咗啲垃圾, 間辦公室好亂粵
Can you bin the junk that's lying around? The office is a mess.
[Lit. you need throw-away [particle used in imperatives] [plural particle] rubbish, [counter] office very messy Other words you could use instead of 好亂: 好亂龍, 亂晒, 亂晒龍, or 亂晒大龍]

唔好HEA亂個櫃桶! 粵
Don't make a mess of the drawer!

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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.
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