HSK 6 · Verbs

迷惑 míhuò “to confuse” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 迷惑 means

  1. to confuse
  2. to puzzle
  3. confused
  4. to baffle

How to say 迷惑

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale迷mí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale惑huò4th tone, falling

迷惑 in a sentence

  1. 我对他的问题感到非常迷惑。

    Wǒ duì tā de wèntí gǎndào fēicháng míhuò.

    I was very confused by his question.

    Sentence #889180 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆迷惑不解。

    Tāngmǔ míhuò bùjiě.

    Tom remained puzzled.

    Sentence #9963311 from Tatoeba

How 迷惑 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 迷 (mí) with each of its parts in a different colour
迷míto bewilder
  • 米rice · mǐSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 米 (mǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with mí.

The character 惑 (huò) with each of its parts in a different colour
惑huòto confuse
  • 或or · huò
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 迷惑

迷 9 strokes · 惑 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 迷惑

Words with 迷

迷路mílù · to lose the way球迷qiúmí · fan (ball sports)昏迷hūnmí · to fall unconscious迷人mírén · charming着迷zháomí · to be fascinated迷信míxìn · superstition

Words with 惑

疑惑yíhuò · doubt诱惑yòuhuò · to tempt

More words: Thinking & Talking

埋怨mányuàn · to complain冒犯màofàn · to offend勉励miǎnlì · to encourage描绘miáohuì · to depict评论pínglùn · to comment on批判pīpàn · to criticise请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice倾听qīngtīng · to listen attentively

FAQs

迷惑 (míhuò) means “to confuse” or “to puzzle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it míhuò: mí with a 2nd tone, then huò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 迷惑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mihuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 迷惑 from the suggestions. Typing mihuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
迷惑 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.