攘 (rǎng): (literary) to push up one's sleeves, (literary) to reject, to resist, (literary) to seize, to steal
攘 (rǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) to push up one's sleeves.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 襄 (phonetic). It ranks #2906 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 攘 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- (literary) to push up one's sleeves
- (literary) to reject
- to resist
- (literary) to seize
- to steal
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熙熙攘攘phrase | xī xī rǎng rǎng | (idiom) bustling with activity |
| 熙攘adjective | xī rǎng | restless |
| 攘外安内phrase | rǎng wài ān nèi | to resist foreign aggression and pacify the interior of the country (idiom) |
| 熙来攘往phrase | xī lái rǎng wǎng | a place buzzing with activity (idiom) |
| 攘外 | rǎng wài | to resist foreign aggression |
| 攘场 | rǎng cháng | to spread harvested grain over an area |
| 兵戈扰攘 | bīng gē rǎo rǎng | arms and confusion (idiom) |
| 攘除verb | rǎng chú | to get rid of |
| 攘善 | rǎng shàn | to claim credit due to others |
| 攘夺verb | rǎng duó | to seize |
| 闹闹攘攘 | nào nào rǎng rǎng | to create an uproar |
| 扰攘adjective | rǎo rǎng | bustling |
| 攘羊 | rǎng yáng | to take home sb else's stray sheep |
| 乱咕攘 | luàn gū rang | to disturb (dialect) |
| 攘灾 | rǎng zāi | to ward off calamities |
攘 appears in 26 compound words: 65 as the first character, 23 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 攘 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
妈妈攘着孩子的手，慢慢地过马路。
mā mā rǎng zhe hái zǐ de shǒu , màn màn dì guò mǎ lù .
Mom held her child's hand as they slowly crossed the street.
兴庆区融媒体中心供图 清晨的花卉小镇花香四溢、人声熙攘。
xīng qìng qū róng méi tǐ zhōng xīn gōng tú qīng chén de huā huì xiǎo zhèn huā xiāng sì yì , rén shēng xī rǎng .
Photo courtesy of the Xingqing District Converged Media Center. Early in the morning, the Flower Town is filled with the scent of flowers and the buzz of people.
视线穿过熙攘的人群与车辆展示区，一台刚刚完成揭幕仪式的新车停在场地中央。
shì xiàn chuān guò xī rǎng de rén qún yǔ chē liàng zhǎn shì qū , yī tái gāng gāng wán chéng jiē mù yí shì de xīn chē tíng zài chǎng dì zhōng yāng .
Looking past the bustling crowd and the vehicle display area, a new car that had just been unveiled stood in the center of the venue.
世界视线:特朗普押后空袭 谋良策安内攘外
shì jiè shì xiàn : tè lǎng pǔ yā hòu kōng xí móu liáng cè ān nèi rǎng wài
World View: Trump Postpones Airstrikes to Devise Strategies for Domestic Stability and Foreign Policy
...日报世界视线】特朗普押后空袭 谋良策安内攘外
. . . rì bào shì jiè shì xiàn tè lǎng pǔ yā hòu kōng xí móu liáng cè ān nèi rǎng wài
...Daily World Outlook】Trump Postpones Airstrikes to Devise Strategies for Domestic Stability and Foreign Policy
Character Family
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