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扰 rǎo

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扰 rǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rǎo | rao3
English translation
to disturb
to poke, to disturb, to annoy, to agitate

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About 扰 rǎo

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

擾 rǎo

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

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Etymology of 扰 rǎo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌尤

Semantic compound

扌 shǒu

Phonetic compound

尤 Yóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 尤 Yóu represents the sound. Simplified form of 擾 rǎo .

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Example sentences using 扰 rǎo

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每 měi 年 Nián 冬天 dōng tiān 头皮屑 tóu pí xiè 都 dōu 困扰 kùn rǎo 着 zhāo 他 tā .

Every winter he has a problem with dandruff in his hair.

被 bèi 打扰 dǎrǎo ,多 duō 令人 lìng rén 生气 shēngqì 呀 ya !

How aggravating to be interrupted!

工人 gōngrén 们 men 因 yīn 被 bèi 雇主 gù zhǔ 们 men 差来遣 qiǎn 去 qù 地 de 随便 suíbiàn 使唤 shǐ huàn 而 ér 感到 gǎn dào 困扰 kùn rǎo .

The workers are confused to be ordered around by the employers.

定义 dìngyì 零 líng 级 jí 微 Wēi 扰 rǎo 的 de 方程 fāng chéng 简单 jiǎndān 地 de 决定 juédìng 了 le 静态 jìng tài 解 Xiè .

The equations defining the zero - order perturbation simply govern the static solution.

我们 wǒmen 从 Cóng 他 tā 窗 chuāng 前 qián 经过 jīngguò 时 shí , 放 fàng 轻 qīng 了 le 脚步 jiǎo bù , 唯恐 wéi kǒng 打扰 dǎrǎo 他 tā .

When we passed his window, we stepped softly, for fear of disturbing.

Words with 扰 rǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
打扰 dǎrǎo to disturb打擾
干扰 gānrǎo to disturb干擾
困扰 kùn rǎo to perplex困擾
骚扰 sāorǎo to disturb騷擾
扰 rǎo to disturb擾 rǎo
扰乱 rǎoluàn to disturb擾亂
性骚扰 xìng sāo rǎo sexual harassment性騷擾
干扰素 gān rǎo sù interferon干擾素
扰动 rǎo dòng to disturb擾動
侵扰 qīn rǎo to invade and harass侵擾
庸人自扰 yōng rén zì rǎo fig. to get upset over nothing庸人自擾
烦扰 fán rǎo to bother煩擾
惊扰 jīng rǎo to alarm驚擾
纷扰 fēn rǎo turmoil紛擾
滋扰 zī rǎo to cause trouble滋擾
搅扰 jiǎo rǎo to disturb攪擾
窜扰 cuàn rǎo to invade and harass竄擾
微扰 wēi rǎo infinitesimal disturbance微擾
喧扰 xuān rǎo to disturb by noise喧擾
缠扰 chán rǎo to harass纏擾
讨扰 tǎo rǎo I beg to disturb you討擾
自相惊扰 zì xiāng jīng rǎo to frighten one another自相驚擾
微扰论 wēi rǎo lùn perturbation theory微擾論

扰 rǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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扰 rǎo Decomposition

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