混淆 meaning in English

hùnxiáo

to obscure; to confuse

HSK 7-9verb22 strokes

Meaning of 混淆

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hùnxiáo
  1. to obscure
  2. to confuse
  3. to mix up
  4. to blur
  5. to mislead

混淆 in example sentences

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

我wǒ们men决jué不bù能néng把bǎ它tā两liǎng个gè混hùn淆xiáo。
We must never confuse the two.
不bú要yào把bǎ奥ào地dì利lì和hé澳ào大dà利lì亚yà混hùn淆xiáo。
Don't confuse Austria with Australia.
我wǒ又yòu把bǎ它tā们men混hùn淆xiáo了le!
I mixed them up again!
这zhè两liǎng个gè词cí容róng易yì混hùn淆xiáo。
These two words are easily confused.
别bié混hùn淆xiáo美měi洲zhōu和hé美měi国guó,美měi洲zhōu人rén和hé美měi国guó人rén。
Don't mix up the Americas with the United States of America, or citizens of the Americas with citizens of the United States.

Stroke order for each character

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

混 hùn · to mix · 11 strokes

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淆 xiáo · confused · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 混淆.

混乱hùnluànconfused; chaotic; disorderly
混合hùnhéto mix; to blend; hybrid; composite
混凝土hùnníngtǔconcrete (building material)
混浊hùnzhuóturbid; muddy
混蛋húndànscoundrel; bastard
混球húnqiúbastard; wretch
鬼混guǐhùnto hang around; to fool around
混账hùnzhàngshameful; absolutely disgraceful!
小混混xiǎohùnhùnhooligan; rogue
混血hùnxuè(of animals) hybrid; (of people) mixed-blood; mixed-race
搞混gǎohùnto confuse; to muddle
混沌hùndùnprimal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology); (of a situation) confu

Questions about 混淆

What does 混淆 mean?

混淆 (hùnxiáo) means "to obscure; to confuse" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 混淆?

混淆 is made of 2 characters: 混 (11 strokes), 淆 (11 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 混淆 an HSK word?

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