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Usage note

表示没有秩序、不整齐。

luàn biǎo shì méi yǒu zhì xù 、 bù zhěng qí。

Messy means lacking order or being untidy.

Context note

常出现在房间、队伍和行为里。

luàn cháng chū xiàn zài fáng jiān 、 duì wu hé xíng wéi lǐ。

Messy often appears in rooms, lines, and behavior.

5 examples

桌子很
zhuō zi hěn luàn。
The table is messy.
不要跑。
bú yào luàn pǎo。
Do not run around carelessly.
房间有点
fáng jiān yǒu diǎn luàn。
The room is a little messy.
他把书弄了。
tā bǎ shū nòng luàn le。
He messed up the books.
东西不要放。
dōng xī bú yào luàn fàng。
Do not put things around carelessly.

5 mini stories

我把玩具放,妈妈让我收拾好。
wǒ bǎ wán jù luàn fàng, mā ma ràng wǒ shōu shí hǎo。
I put the toys around carelessly, and Mom asked me to tidy them up.
房间太了,我们一起整理。
fáng jiān tài luàn le, wǒ men yì qǐ zhěng lǐ。
The room is too messy, so we tidy up together.
老师说在学校不要跑。
lǎo shī shuō zài xué xiào bú yào luàn pǎo。
The teacher said not to run around carelessly at school.
他一忙起来,桌子就变得很
tā yì máng qǐ lái, zhuō zi jiù biàn de hěn luàn。
When he gets busy, the table becomes very messy.
我学会了把东西放整齐,不再
wǒ xué huì le bǎ dōng xī fàng zhěng qí, bú zài luàn。
I learned to put things neatly and not be messy anymore.

Mini dialogue

整理房间

A
你的房间太了,我们一起整理吧。
Nǐ de fángjiān tài luàn le, wǒmen yīqǐ zhěnglǐ ba.
Your room is too messy, let's tidy it up together.
B
好的,我把放的书收起来。
Hǎo de, wǒ bǎ luàn fàng de shū shōu qǐlái.
Okay, I'll put away the books that are messily placed.

画画

A
你的线条画得有点
Nǐ de xiàntiáo huà de yǒudiǎn luàn.
Your lines are drawn a bit messy.
B
我再画一次,这次不画了。
Wǒ zài huà yī cì, zhè cì bù luàn huà le.
I'll draw it again, this time I won't draw messily.

Related words and contrasts

opposite
整齐
zhěng qí
tidy, neat

整齐 means neat and orderly, the opposite of messy.

similar
混乱
hùn luàn
chaotic, confused

混乱 is a stronger word for chaos or disorder.

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