胡乱 meaning in English

húluàn

careless; reckless

Traditional 胡亂16 strokes

Meaning of 胡乱

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

húluàn
  1. careless
  2. reckless
  3. casually
  4. absent-mindedly
  5. at will
  6. at random
  7. any old how

胡乱 in example sentences

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

他tā胡hú乱luàn把bǎ书shū本běn放fàng在zài架jià上shàng。
He put the books on the shelf out of order.
你nǐ胡hú乱luàn打dǎ枪qiāng,会huì吓xià跑pǎo猎liè物wù的de。
Your random firing will scare away the prey.

Stroke order for each character

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

胡 hú · recklessly · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

乱 luàn · in confusion or disorder · 7 strokes

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  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 胡乱.

胡子húzibeard; mustache or whiskers
胡同儿hútòngrerhua form of 胡同[hu2 tong4]
混乱hùnluànconfused; chaotic; disorderly
胡说húshuōto talk nonsense; drivel
乱七八糟luànqībāzāo(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
捣乱dǎoluànto disturb; to look for trouble
胡闹húnàoto act willfully and make a scene; to make 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
霍乱huòluàncholera
紊乱wěnluàndisorder; chaos

Questions about 胡乱

What does 胡乱 mean?

胡乱 (húluàn) means "careless; reckless".

How do you write 胡乱?

胡乱 is made of 2 characters: 胡 (9 strokes), 乱 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 胡乱 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 胡乱 is written 胡亂.