混
淆

To obscure in Chinese: 混淆 (hùn xiáo)

hùn xiáo

to obscure

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to obscure
  2. 2to confuse
  3. 3to mix up
  4. 4to blur
  5. 5to mislead

Stroke order

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混
淆

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄣˋ

hùn

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄠˊ

xiáo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 这两个字很容易混淆。

    zhè liǎng gè zì hěn róng yì hùn xiáo。

    These two characters are easy to mix up.

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Related words

混

hùn

to mix

混合

hùn hé

to mix

混乱

hùn luàn

confusion

混浊

hùn zhuó

turbid

混凝土

hùn níng tǔ

concrete

豁

huō

opening

豁出去

huō chu qu

to throw caution to the wind

豁达

huò dá

optimistic

活儿

huó r

work

活该

huó gāi

(coll.) serve sb right

活期

huó qī

(banking) current (account)

火暴

huǒ bào

variant of 爆

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