jiǎo

to disturb

to annoy; to mix; to stir

hand (扌) + phonetic (觉) = to stir or disturb

The hand radical carries the action — stirring, mixing, or agitating with physical effort. 觉 contributes the sound jiǎo and has no bearing on the meaning here.

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请你把锅里的汤一搅。

qǐng nǐ bǎ guō lǐ de tāng jiǎo yī jiǎo。

Please stir the soup in the pot a bit.

他一直在旁边说话,把我的思路都乱了。

tā yī zhí zài páng biān shuō huà,bǎ wǒ de sī lù dōu jiǎo luàn le。

He kept talking beside me and completely disrupted my train of thought.

Words with 搅

骚搅

sāo jiǎo

to disturb; to pester

打搅

dǎ jiǎo

to disturb; to trouble; to bother

搅乱

jiǎo luàn

to disrupt

搅动

jiǎo dòng

to mix; to stir

搅和

jiǎo huo

to mix; to blend

搅基

jiǎo jī

see 搞基[gao3 ji1]

搅局

jiǎo jú

to upset the apple cart

搅屎棍

jiǎo shǐ gùn

(derog.) shit-stirrer

搅打

jiǎo dǎ

to beat; to whisk; to whip (eggs, cream etc)

搅拌

jiǎo bàn

to stir

搅拌机

jiǎo bàn jī

blender

搅扰

jiǎo rǎo

to disturb

More characters with 扌