搞乱 meaning in English

gǎoluàn

to mess up; to mismanage

Traditional 搞亂20 strokes

Meaning of 搞乱

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gǎoluàn
  1. to mess up
  2. to mismanage
  3. to bungle
  4. to confuse
  5. to muddle

搞乱 in example sentences

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

计jì划huà时shí如rú果guǒ过guò于yú谨jǐn慎shèn的de话huà,可kě能néng会huì反fǎn把bǎ计jì划huà搞gǎo乱luàn。
Sometimes being overcautious in planning could upset the apple cart.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

搞 gǎo · to do · 13 strokes

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乱 luàn · in confusion or disorder · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 搞乱.

搞好gǎohǎoto do well at; to do a good job
混乱hùnluànconfused; chaotic; disorderly
搞笑gǎoxiàoto get people to laugh; funny
乱七八糟luànqībāzāo(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
捣乱dǎoluànto disturb; to look for trouble
扰乱rǎoluànto disturb; to perturb
胡思乱想húsī-luànxiǎng(idiom) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
骚乱sāoluàndisturbance; riot; to create a disturbance
搞鬼gǎoguǐto make mischief; to play tricks
霍乱huòluàncholera
紊乱wěnluàndisorder; chaos
慌乱huāngluànfrenetic; hurried

Questions about 搞乱

What does 搞乱 mean?

搞乱 (gǎoluàn) means "to mess up; to mismanage".

How do you write 搞乱?

搞乱 is made of 2 characters: 搞 (13 strokes), 乱 (7 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 搞乱 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 搞乱 is written 搞亂.