Chinese symbol for “disturb”
干扰
gān rǎo
Traditional: 干擾
to disturb; to interfere; perturbation; interference (physics)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for disturb is 干扰 (gān rǎo), defined as: to disturb; to interfere; perturbation; interference (physics).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “disturb”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骚扰 (騷擾) | sāo rǎo | to disturb; to cause a commotion |
| 骚 (騷) | sāo | (bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish |
| 打扰 (打擾) | dǎ rǎo | to disturb; to bother |
| 扰乱 (擾亂) | rǎo luàn | to disturb; to perturb |
| 搅 (攪) | jiǎo | to disturb; to annoy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 干扰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干部 (幹部) | gàn bù | cadre; official |
| 干净 (乾淨) | gān jìng | clean; neat |
| 干嘛 (幹嘛) | gàn má | what are you doing?; whatever for? |
| 若干 | ruò gān | a certain number or amount; how many? |
| 干涉 | gān shè | to interfere; to meddle |
| 骚扰 (騷擾) | sāo rǎo | to disturb; to cause a commotion |
| 困扰 (困擾) | kùn rǎo | to perplex; to disturb |
| 性骚扰 (性騷擾) | xìng sāo rǎo | sexual harassment |
See also: Japanese symbol for “disturb”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.