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惹
rě
1. to provoke
2. to irritate
3. to vex
4. to stir up
5. to anger
6. to attract (troubles)
7. to cause (problems)
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

惹
rě
to incite, to irritate, to offend, to vex
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

娘惹
Niángrě
Nyonya
惹事
rěshì
to cause trouble
惹人
rěrén
to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc)
惹怒
rěnù
to provoke anger
惹恼
rěnǎo
to offend
惹毛
rěmáo
(coll.) to irritate
惹火
rěhuǒ
to stir up the fire
惹祸
rěhuò
to stir up trouble
HSK 6
惹起
rěqǐ
provoke, incite
招惹
zhāorě
to provoke
撩惹
liáorě
to provoke
日惹
Rìrě
Jogyakarta, central Java
不好惹
bùhǎorě
not to be trifled with
惹不起
rěbuqǐ
can't afford to offend
惹乱子
rěluànzi
to stir up trouble
惹人厌
rěrényàn
annoying
惹喽子
rělóuzi
variant of [[惹婁子|惹娄子<rělóuzi>]]
惹娄子
rělóuzi
to stir up trouble
惹是非
rěshìfēi
to stir up trouble
惹楼子
rělóuzi
variant of [[惹婁子|惹娄子<rělóuzi>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,271
Word Frequency Rank
1,053 of 84,292

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