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

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

(literary) chaotic; disorderly; tumultuous
- 戰國擾攘，秦兼天下，未皇暇也，亦頗推五勝。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  战国扰攘，秦兼天下，未皇暇也，亦颇推五胜。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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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