乱写

亂寫
luànxiě
verb

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 2
Bùyào zài qiángshàng luànxiě.
Don't scribble on the walls.
HSK 3
Zhè wèi jìzhě zǒngshì luànxiě yī tōng.
This reporter is always writing nonsense.

Tips

grammar
+ 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 often follows for emphasis: 乱写一通 = 'wrote a whole bunch of nonsense'.

Stroke Order

luàn
xiě