擾攘

Chinese

		disturb	throw into confusion
trad. (擾攘)		擾	攘
simp. (扰攘)		扰	攘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǎorǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˇ ㄖㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² joeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǎorǎng [Phonetic: ráorǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˇ ㄖㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǎorǎng
    • Wade–Giles: jao³-jang³
    • Yale: rǎu-rǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raoraang
    • Palladius: жаожан (žaožan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu² joeng⁶
    • Yale: yíu yeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu² joeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu² yêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵ jœːŋ²²/

Adjective

擾攘

1. (literary) chaotic; disorderly; tumultuous

   • 戰國擾攘，秦兼天下，未皇暇也，亦頗推五勝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     战国扰攘，秦兼天下，未皇暇也，亦颇推五胜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Zhànguó rǎorǎng, Qín jiān tiānxià, wèihuáng xiá yě, yì pō tuī wǔshèng. [Pinyin]

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   • 今四海擾攘之時，正當借田獵以講武。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     今四海扰攘之时，正当借田猎以讲武。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Jīn sìhǎi rǎorǎng zhī shí, zhèng dāng jiè tiánliè yǐ jiǎngwǔ. [Pinyin]

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