惑眾

Chinese

		confuse	numerous; multitude; crowd
trad. (惑眾/惑衆)		惑	眾/衆
simp. (惑众)		惑	众

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huòzhòng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huòzhòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huòjhòng
  - Wade–Giles: huo⁴-chung⁴
  - Yale: hwò-jùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohjonq
  - Palladius: хочжун (xočžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: hwok tsyuwngH

Rime
Character	惑	眾
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	德 (132)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	胡國切	之仲切
Baxter	hwok	tsyuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwək̚/	/t͡ɕɨuŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷək̚/	/t͡ɕiuŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuək̚/	/t͡ɕiuŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwək̚/	/cuwŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ɣuək̚/	/t͡ɕiuŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ɣuək̚/	/t͡ɕĭuŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwək̚/	/t͡ɕi̯uŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó	zhòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wak⁶	zung³

Verb

惑眾

(literary) to delude or confuse people

Derived terms

妖言惑眾 / 妖言惑众 (yāoyánhuòzhòng)
造謠惑眾 / 造谣惑众 (zàoyáo huòzhòng)