扰 (rǎo): to disturb
扰 (rǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “to disturb.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 尤 (phonetic). It ranks #1474 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 扰 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
- to disturb
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 扰
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骚扰 | sāo rǎo | to disturb |
| 性骚扰 | xìng sāo rǎo | sexual harassment |
| 扰乱 | rǎo luàn | to disturb |
| 烦扰 | fán rǎo | to bother |
| 侵扰 | qīn rǎo | to invade and harass |
| 惊扰 | jīng rǎo | to alarm |
| 扰动 | rǎo dòng | to disturb |
| 扰民 | rǎo mín | (of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult |
| 纷扰 | fēn rǎo | turmoil |
| 干扰素 | gān rǎo sù | interferon |
| 搅扰 | jiǎo rǎo | to disturb |
| 打扰了 | dǎ rǎo le | sorry to interrupt you, but ... |
| 自相惊扰 | zì xiāng jīng rǎo | to frighten one another |
| 不胜其扰 | bù shèng qí rǎo | unable to put up with (sth) any longer |
| 微扰展开 | wēi rǎo zhǎn kāi | perturbative expansion (physics) |
扰 appears in 40 compound words: 13 as the first character, 73 as the last, and 15 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 扰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
他扰了一个电话,约朋友晚上一起吃饭。
tā rǎo le yī gě diàn huà , yāo péng yǒu wǎn shǎng yī qǐ chī fàn .
He made a phone call to arrange dinner with a friend that evening.
...a检查有影响吗?DNA本身不受哺乳行为干扰吗
. . . a jiǎn chá yǒu yǐng xiǎng ma ? D N A běn shēn bù shòu bǔ rǔ háng wéi gān rǎo ma
... Does a check have an impact? Is DNA itself not interfered with by lactation?
假AI动物照片困扰动物收容所
jiǎ A I dòng wù zhào piàn kùn rǎo dòng wù shōu róng suǒ
Fake AI animal photos plague animal shelters
史上最长国情咨文演说 美国关税问题仍扰攘市场
shǐ shàng zuì cháng guó qíng zī wén yǎn shuō měi guó guān shuì wèn tí réng rǎo rǎng shì chǎng
The longest State of the Union address in history U.S. tariffs continue to disturb the market
噪音扰人 三莺线增隔音墙 学校纳入优先
zào yīn rǎo rén sān 莺 xiàn zēng gé yīn qiáng xué jiào nà rù yōu xiān
Noise is disturbing, and the school is given priority to the addition of soundproof walls on the Sanying line
...放寒假每天睡到中午12点,爸爸不许家人打扰..
. . . fàng hán jiǎ měi tiān shuì dào zhōng wǔ 1 2 diǎn , bà bà bù xǔ jiā rén dǎ rǎo . .
... During the winter vacation, I slept until 12 noon every day, and my father did not allow his family to disturb him:
苍蝇和蚊子干扰了他的冥想。
Cāngying hé wénzi gānrǎo le tā de míngxiǎng.
Flies and mosquitoes interfered with his meditation.
我们军队总是被游击队骚扰。
Wǒmen jūnduì zǒngshì bèi yóujīduì sāorǎo.
Our troops were constantly attacked by the guerrillas.
汤姆说噪音打扰了他。
Tāngmǔ shuō zàoyīn dǎrǎo le tā.
Tom said that the noise bothered him.
我希望没打扰到你吧?
Wǒ xīwàng méi dǎrǎo dào nǐ ba?
I hope I'm not disturbing you.
Character Family
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