惹 meaning in English

rě

to provoke; to irritate

HSK 7-9verb12 strokes

Meaning of 惹

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

rě
  1. to provoke
  2. to irritate
  3. to vex
  4. to stir up
  5. to anger
  6. to attract (troubles)
  7. to cause (problems)

惹 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ怎zěn么me把bǎ汤tāng姆mǔ惹rě哭kū了le?
What did you do to make Tom cry?
你nǐ要yào小xiǎo心xīn别bié惹rě他tā生shēng气qì。
You must be careful not to make him angry.
我wǒ不bù想xiǎng惹rě你nǐ生shēng气qì。
I don't mean to spite you.
我wǒ很hěn抱bào歉qiàn给gěi你nǐ惹rě来lái所suǒ有yǒu的de这zhè些xiē麻má烦fán。
I'm sorry to cause you all this trouble.
你nǐ只zhǐ有yǒu惹rě事shì最zuì能néng。
You're really the best when, and only when, it comes to angering people.

Stroke order for each character

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惹 rě · to provoke · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 惹.

惹麻烦rěmáfanto create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble
招惹zhāorěto court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb)
惹火rěhuǒto stir up the fire; fig. to provoke and offend people
惹事rěshìto cause trouble
惹恼rěnǎoto make sb angry
惹怒rěnùto provoke anger
不好惹bùhǎorěnot to be trifled with; not to be pushed around
好惹hǎorěaccommodating; easy to push around
惹祸rěhuòto stir up trouble; to invite disaster
惹人厌rěrényànannoying; disgusting
惹是生非rěshìshēngfēito stir up trouble

Questions about 惹

What does 惹 mean?

惹 (rě) means "to provoke; to irritate" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 惹?

惹 is made of 1 character: 惹 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 惹 an HSK word?

Yes. 惹 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.