撈亂

Chinese

		fish up	in confusion; disorderly
trad. (撈亂)		撈	亂
simp. (捞乱)		捞	乱

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou¹ lyun⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou¹ lyun⁶
    • Yale: lōu lyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou¹ lyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou¹ lün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯⁵⁵ lyːn²²/

Verb

撈亂

1. (Cantonese, intransitive) to mix up; to mix together

   啲紅豆同綠豆撈亂嗮，分唔得返開喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   啲红豆同绿豆捞乱嗮，分唔得返开喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   di¹ hung⁴ dau^6-2 tung⁴ luk⁶ dau^6-2 lou¹ lyun⁶ saai³, fan¹ m⁴ dak¹ faan¹ hoi¹ laa³. [Jyutping]

   The red beans and green beans have been mixed together and can't be separated again.

2. (Cantonese, transitive) to confuse (two things); to mix up

   我成日都撈亂個「晴」字同個「睛」字。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我成日都捞乱个「晴」字同个「睛」字。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ seng⁴ jat⁶ dou¹ lou¹ lyun⁶ go³ “ceng⁴” zi⁶ tung⁴ go³ “zing¹” zi⁶. [Jyutping]

   I always mix up 晴 (sunny) and 睛 (eye).

   • 記得　快啲攞去　快啲攞去　咪再撈亂 [Cantonese, trad.]
     记得　快啲𫽋去　快啲𫽋去　咪再捞乱 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2021, 文凱婷 [Aeren Man], 冼靖峰 [Archie Sin], 張馳豪 [Aska Cheung], 林智樂 [Felix Lam], 黃奕斌 [Hugo Wong], 林君蓮 [Kaitlyn Lam], 蔡愷穎 [Lolita Tsoi], 何晉樂 [Rock Ho], 潘靜文 [Sherman Poon], 孫漢霖 [Steven Suen], 林沚羿 [Venus Lam], 詹天文 [Windy Zhan], lyrics by 李敏 [Erica Li], 彭嘉維 [Color Pang], 快啲快啲 [chop-chop]

     gei³ dak¹, faai³ di¹ lo² heoi³, faai³ di¹ lo² heoi³, mai¹ zoi³ lou¹ lyun⁶ [Jyutping]

     Remember, hurry and take it, hurry and take it, don't mix them up again.

Synonyms

• (to confuse): 搞混 (gǎohùn)

Derived terms

• 前世撈亂骨頭／前世捞乱骨头