繚亂

Chinese

		lines for a sail; wind round	in confusion; disorderly
trad. (繚亂)		繚	亂
simp. (缭乱)		缭	乱
alternative forms		撩亂／撩乱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáoluàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ lyun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu-loān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáoluàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáoluàn
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-luan⁴
    • Yale: lyáu-lwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauluann
    • Palladius: ляолуань (ljaoluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ lyun⁶
    • Yale: lìuh lyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ lyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ lün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ lyːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu-loān
    • Tâi-lô: liâu-luān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liauloan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴⁻²² luan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴⁻²² luan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³⁻²² luan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴⁻¹¹ luan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³⁻³³ luan³³/

Adjective

繚亂

1. (formal) confused; in a turmoil

Synonyms

• 一塌糊塗／一塌糊涂
• 亂／乱 (luàn)
• 亂七八糟／乱七八糟 (luànqībāzāo)
• 亂雜／乱杂 (luànzá) (literary)
• 凌亂 (língluàn)
• 嘈亂／嘈乱 (cáoluàn) (literary, of sound)
• 大鼎炒狗蟻／大鼎炒狗蚁 (Hokkien)
• 挐亂／挐乱 (Hokkien)
• 擾擾／扰扰 (rǎorǎo)
• 散亂／散乱 (sǎnluàn)
• 有七無八／有七无八 (Hokkien)
• 殽亂／淆乱 (xiáoluàn) (literary)
• 混亂／混乱 (hùnluàn)
• 烏七八糟／乌七八糟 (wūqībāzāo)
• 烏哩單刀／乌哩单刀 (Cantonese)
• 無序／无序 (wúxù)
• 狼戾 (Hakka, literary)
• 狼狼戾戾 (Hakka)
• 狼藉 (lángjí)
• 立立亂／立立乱 (lap⁶ lap^6-2 lyun⁶) (Cantonese)
• 糊塗／糊涂
• 糾紛／纠纷 (jiūfēn) (literary)
• 紊 (wěn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 紊亂／紊乱 (wěnluàn)
• 紛亂／纷乱 (fēnluàn)
• 紛雜／纷杂 (fēnzá) (literary)
• 肆亂／肆乱 (sìluàn) (literary)
• 荊棘／荆棘 (jīngjí) (literary, figurative)
• 蕪雜／芜杂 (wúzá)
• 雜亂／杂乱 (záluàn)
• 鬼打樣／鬼打样 (Hakka)

 

Derived terms

• 眼花繚亂／眼花缭乱 (yǎnhuāliáoluàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (繚亂):

• → Japanese: 繚乱(りょうらん) (ryōran)