HSK 6 · Verbs

捣乱 dǎoluàn “to make trouble” in Chinese

Traditional 搗亂

What 捣乱 means

  1. to make trouble
  2. to cause a disturbance
  3. to disturb
  4. to look for trouble
  5. to stir up a row
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to bother sb intentionally

How to say 捣乱

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale捣dǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale乱luàn4th tone, falling

捣乱 in a sentence

  1. 别在这儿捣乱，我在工作呢。

    Bié zài zhèr dǎoluàn, wǒ zài gōngzuò ne.

    Stop messing around here; I’m working.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 小猫总在我写作业的时候捣乱。

    Xiǎomāo zǒng zài wǒ xiě zuòyè de shíhou dǎoluàn.

    The kitten always makes mischief while I’m doing my homework.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 捣乱 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 捣 (dǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
捣dǎoto pound
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 岛island · dǎoSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 岛 (dǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with dǎo.

The character 乱 (luàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
乱luànin confusion or disorder
  • 舌tongue · shé
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

How to write 捣乱

捣 10 strokes · 乱 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

捣乱 (dǎoluàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 捣乱 (dǎoluàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 捣乱

Words with 乱

乱luàn · in confusion or disorder扰乱rǎoluàn · to disturb混乱hùnluàn · chaos胡乱húluàn · carelessly

More words: Common Verbs

怠慢dàimàn · to neglect (a guest)打击dǎjī · to strike打架dǎjià · to fight打量dǎliang · to size up搭配dāpèi · to match瞪dèng · to stare蹬dēng · to push down with the foot等候děnghòu · to wait

FAQs

捣乱 (dǎoluàn) means “to make trouble” or “to cause a disturbance”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǎoluàn: dǎo with a 3rd tone, then luàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 捣乱 is written 搗亂. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daoluan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 捣乱 from the suggestions. Typing daoluan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
捣乱 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.