乱写

亂寫

luànxiě

verb

Meanings

1 to write recklessly / without basis
2 to scribble
3 to write nonsense

Characters

chaotic, recklessly

Examples

不要在墙上乱写。

Bùyào zài qiáng shàng luànxiě.

Don't scribble on the walls.

这位记者总是乱写一通。

Zhè wèi jìzhě zǒngshì luànxiě yī tōng.

This reporter is always writing nonsense.

Tips

grammar

乱 + V is a productive pattern meaning 'to V recklessly / without proper basis': 乱说 (talk nonsense), 乱跑 (run around chaotically), 乱花 (spend wastefully), 乱画 (scribble). The complement 一通 (yī tōng) often follows for emphasis: 乱写一通 = 'wrote a whole bunch of nonsense'.

Stroke Order

乱 luàn

写 xiě