DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

倉皇失措

简仓皇失措 · 繁倉皇失措

Mandarin · pinyin cāng huáng shī cuò

flustered
ruffled
disconcerted

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

倉: Look up this written character
皇: huáng · royal, imperial; ruler, superior
失: shī · lose; make mistake, neglect
措: cuò · place; collect, arrange; employ
仓: cāng · granary; berth; sea

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–2–1–4 · cang1 huang2 shi1 cuo4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

倉皇失措 · find source passages ↗ · 仓皇失措 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cong1 wong4 sat1 cou3

Cantonese word readings for 倉皇失措. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack