HSK 6 · Adjectives

混浊 hùnzhuó “murky” in Chinese

Traditional 混濁

What 混浊 means

  1. murky
  2. turbid
  3. muddy
  4. dirty

How to say 混浊

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale混hùn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale浊zhuó2nd tone, rising

混浊 in a sentence

  1. 下过大雨，河水变得很混浊。

    Xiàguo dàyǔ, héshuǐ biànde hěn hùnzhuó.

    After the heavy rain, the river turned very muddy.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 房间里的空气很混浊，开开窗户吧。

    Fángjiān lǐ de kōngqì hěn hùnzhuó, kāikai chuānghu ba.

    The air in the room is stuffy; let’s open the windows.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 混浊 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 混 (hùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
混hùnto mix
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 昆elder brother · kūnSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 昆 (kūn) hints at the sound. Compare it with hùn.

The character 浊 (zhuó) with each of its parts in a different colour
浊zhuóturbid; murky; impure
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 虫insect · chóng

How to write 混浊

混 11 strokes · 浊 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 混浊

Words with 混

混淆hùnxiáo · to confuse混合hùnhé · to mix混乱hùnluàn · chaos

More words: Adjectives

荒谬huāngmiù · absurd荒唐huāngtang · absurd辉煌huīhuáng · brilliant混乱hùnluàn · chaos坚定jiāndìng · firm见多识广jiànduōshíguǎng · well-informed and experienced坚固jiāngù · sturdy僵硬jiāngyìng · stiff

FAQs

混浊 (hùnzhuó) means “murky” or “turbid”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hùnzhuó: hùn with a 4th tone, then zhuó with a 2nd 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, 混浊 is written 混濁. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hunzhuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 混浊 from the suggestions. Typing hunzhuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
混浊 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.