Chinese word

扰乱

Pronunciation

Pinyinrǎo luàn

Meaning

  • verbdisrupt

Example

他在会议上扰乱了秩序。tā zài huì yì shàng rǎo luàn le zhì xù

He disrupted order at the meeting.

Illustration for 扰乱 (disrupt)

More examples

考场外的喧闹扰乱了考试秩序。káo chǎng wài de xuān nào rǎo luàn le kǎo shì zhì xù

The commotion outside the exam room disrupted the examination proceedings.

Core concept

Interference tangles an orderly flow until it can no longer run in its usual way.

Common phrases

  • 扰乱公共秩序rǎo luàn gōng gòng zhì xù

    disrupt public order

  • 扰乱考试秩序rǎo luàn kǎo shì zhì xù

    disrupt examination proceedings

Similar words

干扰gān rǎo: Affects the normal flow of information or activity from outside.
打扰dá rǎo: Disturbs a person's work or rest and causes inconvenience.
妨碍fáng ài: Makes it harder for a person, thing, or plan to act or succeed.
破坏pò huài: Damages or destroys a thing, system, or order so that it no longer works properly.

Definition in Chinese

使事物或过程失去原有的秩序或正常进行，造成混乱或干扰。shǐ shì wù huò guò chéng shī qù yuán yǒu de zhì xù huò zhèng cháng jìn xíng zào chéng hùn luàn huò gān rǎo

Word origin

The compound 扰乱 (rǎoluàn, "disrupt") joins the idea of disturbance in 扰 (rǎo, "disturb") to the disorder signaled by 乱 (luàn, "disorder").

Usage tips

  • The word focuses on the effect on organized activity rather than on whether the interference is deliberate, accidental, or caused by an event.

Other meanings

  • interfere withverb
  • disturbverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 扰乱公共秩序罪rǎo luàn gōng gòng zhì xù zuìcrime of disrupting public ordernoun

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