慌

• Pinyin: huāng
• Hanzi breakdown: 慌 = 忄(heart) + 荒 (phonetic, desolate)

Meaning

Panicked; flustered; nervous. State of anxiety or alarm.

Describes being in a state of panic or nervousness. Often combined with other characters: 慌张, 慌忙, 心慌. Used to describe physical and emotional states of anxiety.

Examples

1. 第一次上台演讲，我心里特别慌。 Giving a speech on stage for the first time, I felt extremely nervous.
2. 别慌，我们还有时间想办法。 Don't panic; we still have time to figure something out.
3. 她一听到这个消息就慌了。 As soon as she heard this news, she panicked.

Usage Guide

Context: emotion, stress, urgency, nervousness

Tone: anxious

Do Say

• 别慌！(Don't panic!)
• 我有点慌。(I'm a bit nervous.)

Don't Say

• 我很慌你 (慌 is intransitive — you feel 慌, you don't 慌 someone)

Origin & History

Pictophonetic: 忄(heart radical) + 荒 (phonetic), representing an unsettled heart/mind.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal