HSK 6 · Verbs

惹祸 rěhuò “to cause trouble” in Chinese

Traditional 惹禍

What 惹祸 means

  1. to cause trouble
  2. to stir up trouble
  3. to invite disaster

How to say 惹祸

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale惹rě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale祸huò4th tone, falling

惹祸 in a sentence

  1. 他的急脾气迟早会惹祸上身。

    Tā de jí píqi chízǎo huì rěhuò shàngshēn.

    His quick temper will get him into trouble sooner or later.

    Sentence #1397031 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 惹祸 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 惹 (rě) with each of its parts in a different colour
惹rěto provoke
  • 若if · rěSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 若 (rě) hints at the sound. Compare it with rě.

The character 祸 (huò) with each of its parts in a different colour
祸huòdisaster
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìMeaning part
  • 呙to chat · wāiSound part

礻 hints at the meaning (sign); 呙 (wāi) hints at the sound. Compare it with huò.

How to write 惹祸

惹 12 strokes · 祸 11 strokes

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

Words related to 惹祸

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FAQs

惹祸 (rěhuò) means “to cause trouble” or “to stir up trouble”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it rěhuò: rě with a 3rd 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 惹祸 is written 惹禍. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rehuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 惹祸 from the suggestions. Typing rehuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
惹祸 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.