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鬧

nào

quarrel; dispute hotly

Strokes
15
Radical
鬥
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 闹

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 闹, the simplified form of 鬧. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 他们一直闹笑话。

    Tā men yī zhí nào xiào huà

    They were always making jokes.

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  • 别闹事。

    Bié nào shì

    Don't make trouble.

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  • 她在无理取闹。

    Tā zài wú lǐ qǔ nào

    She's asking for the impossible.

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  • 这个老房子闹鬼。

    Zhè ge lǎo fáng zi nào guǐ

    This old house is haunted.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 闹

  • 闹nào 4noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke
  • 热闹rè nao 4–5bustling with noise and excitement; lively
  • 闹钟nào zhōng 4–1 alarm clock
  • 无理取闹wú lǐ qǔ nào 2–3–3–4to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative
  • 胡闹hú nào 2–4 to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
  • 闹事nào shì 4–4 to cause trouble; to create a disturbance
  • 喧闹xuān nào 1–4 to make a noise; noisy
  • 看热闹kàn rè nao 4–4–5to enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are
  • 闹着玩儿nào zhe wán r 4–5–2to play games; to joke around; to play a joke on sb