扰
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rǎo · to poke, to disturb, to annoy, to agitate

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7Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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扌Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 扰

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rǎoWords pronounced rǎo
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Example sentences

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Bú yào zài dǎ rǎo wǒ men le.不要再打扰我们了。

Don't bother us anymore.

Source: Tatoeba #9739381 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zhèng zāo shòu yán zhòng tóu tòng de kùn rǎo.他正遭受严重头痛的困扰。

He was suffering from a bad headache.

Source: Tatoeba #862694 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bú yào yīn wèi chī dé tài duō ér rǎo luàn wèi de zhèng cháng xiāo huà.不要因为吃得太多而扰乱胃的正常消化。

Don't get an upset stomach by eating too much.

Source: Tatoeba #3580020 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ràng nǐ de érzi bié lái sāo rǎo wǒ de nǚ ér.让你的儿子别来骚扰我的女儿。

Tell your son to quit harassing my daughter.

Source: Tatoeba #13890572 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ kě yǐ dǎ rǎo nǐ yí xià ma?我可以打扰你一下吗?

May I bother you for a moment?

Source: Tatoeba #381454 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dǎ rǎo le, nǐ néng gěi wǒ kàn yí xià nǐ de jià zhào ma ?打扰了,你能给我看一下你的驾照吗?

Excuse me, could you please show me your driving licence?

Source: Tatoeba #1738035 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 扰 in context

  1. Say rǎo, then recall the core meaning: to poke, to disturb, to annoy, to agitate.
  2. Write all 7 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 打扰 (dǎ rǎo), meaning “to disturb”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 扰 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.