骚
乱

Disturbance in Chinese: 骚乱 (sāo luàn)

sāo luàn

disturbance

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 騷亂1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1disturbance; riot
  2. 2to create a disturbance

Stroke order

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骚
乱

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄙㄠ

sāo

ㄙ/ sㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

ㄌㄨㄢˋ

luàn

ㄌ/ lㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

骚乱

Simplified

騷亂

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 广场上突然发生了一场骚乱。

    guǎng chǎng shàng tū rán fā shēng le yì chǎng sāo luàn。

    A riot suddenly broke out in the square.

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Related words

乱

luàn

in confusion or disorder

混乱

hùn luàn

confusion

捣乱

dǎo luàn

to disturb

慌乱

huāng luàn

frenetic

霍乱

huò luàn

cholera

忙乱

máng luàn

rushed and muddled

扰乱

rǎo luàn

to disturb

骚扰

sāo rǎo

to disturb

紊乱

wěn luàn

disorder

胡思乱想

hú sī luàn xiǎng

to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)

乱七八糟

luàn qī bā zāo

(idiom) chaotic

杂乱无章

zá luàn wú zhāng

disordered and in a mess (idiom)

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