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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rě | re3
English translation
to provoke
to irritate
to vex
to stir up
to anger
to attract (troubles)
to cause (problems)
to incite, to irritate, to offend, to vex

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

若心

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

ruò

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and ruò represents the sound.

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méi ya !

I said [ did ] nothing to provoke him.

zuì hǎo Bié 呆得太久 ér rén 讨厌 tǎoyàn , 特别 tèbié shì 初次 chū cì 拜访 bàifǎng .

It's better not to outstay one's welcome, especially on a first visit.

东芝 Dōng zhī zài 中国 Zhōngguó 舆论 yúlùn duī jiǎo xià suǒ 做的解释 jiěshì 简直 jiǎnzhí shì 火上浇油 huǒ shàng jiāo yóu . gēng duō 中国 Zhōngguó rén gěi 惹火 rě huǒ le .

That was adding insult to injury. Even more Chinese people were infuriated.

美味 měi wèi de niáng 东炎 tóu zhēng shì zhě de zuì ài !

The delicious Nyanyo and Tom Yam fish head is customers'favourite!

厉害 lìhai le , shuí ya !

He is very formidable; How could anybody be so brave as to offend him?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to provoke
惹麻烦 rě má fan to create difficulties惹麻煩
招惹 zhāo rě to provoke招惹 zhāo rě
惹火 rě huǒ to stir up the fire惹火 rě huǒ
惹人 rě rén to offend惹人 rě rén
惹事 rě shì to cause trouble惹事 rě shì
惹恼 rě nǎo to offend惹惱
惹不起 rě bu qǐ can't afford to offend惹不起 rě bu qǐ
惹祸 rěhuò to stir up trouble惹禍
不好惹 bù hǎo rě not to be trifled with不好惹 bù hǎo rě
好惹 hǎo rě accommodating好惹 hǎo rě
惹是生非 rě shì shēng fēi to stir up trouble惹是生非 rě shì shēng fēi
拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo fig. to womanize拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo
惹事生非 rě shì shēng fēi to stir up trouble惹事生非 rě shì shēng fēi
日惹 Rì rě Yogyakarta, city of Java, Indonesia, and capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta 日惹特區|日惹特区 Rì yě Tè qū [Rì​yě​Tè​qū]日惹 Rì rě
沾花惹草 zhān huā rě cǎo to womanize沾花惹草 zhān huā rě cǎo
惹人厌 rě rén yàn annoying惹人厭
惹是非 rě shì fēi to stir up trouble惹是非 rě shì fēi
易激惹 yì jī rě irritable易激惹 yì jī rě
惹火烧身 rě huǒ shāo shēn fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling惹火燒身
日惹特区 Rì yě Tè qū Special Region of Yogyakarta, region of Java, Indonesia日惹特區
招灾惹祸 zhāo zāi rě huò to invite disaster招災惹禍
撩惹 liáo rě to provoke撩惹 liáo rě

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