扰动

擾動
rǎodòng
verb #34,027

Meanings

  1. 1 to disturb
  2. 2 to stir up
  3. 3 disturbance (physics/engineering)
  4. 4 agitation
  5. 5 perturbation

Examples

Wàijiè de rǎodòng yǐngxiǎng le shíyàn jiéguǒ.
External disturbances affected the experimental results.
Qǐng bùyào rǎodòng zhèngzài shuìjiào de háizi.
Please don't disturb the sleeping child.

Tips

usage
Beyond plain 'disturb,' 扰动 is the standard Chinese term in physics and engineering for 'perturbation' — small disturbances to an equilibrium, fluid flow, electromagnetic field, etc. So you'll see it in technical texts where 打扰 (the everyday 'disturb someone') would never appear.

Stroke Order

rǎo
dòng