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闹

nào

HSK 4 Character Traditional 鬧

What 闹 means

1. noisy
2. cacophonous
3. to make noise
4. to disturb
5. to vent (feelings)
6. to fall ill
7. to have an attack (of sickness)
8. to go in (for some activity)
9. to joke

Other readings

闹 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• nàovariant of {闹|nào}

Example sentences

• 别闹事。
  Bié nàoshì.
  Don't make trouble.
• 这房子闹鬼。
  Zhè fángzi nàoguǐ.
  The house is haunted.
• 您卖闹钟吗？
  Do you sell alarm clocks?
• 让他们闹去。
  Let them have their fun.
• 这间房子闹鬼。
  Zhè jiān fángzi nàoguǐ.
  This house is haunted.
• 她在无理取闹。
  Tā zài wúlǐqǔnào.
  She's asking for the impossible.

Words starting with 闹

• 闹钟nào zhōngalarm clock
• 闹事nào shìto cause trouble; to create a disturbance
• 闹剧nào jùfarce
• 闹市nào shìdowntown area; city center
• 闹腾nào tengto disturb; to create confusion; to make a din
• 闹翻nào fānto have a falling out; to have a big argument
• 闹别扭nào biè niuto be difficult with sb; to provoke disagreement; at loggerheads
• 闹哄哄nào hōng hōngclamorous; noisy; sensational
• 闹鬼nào guǐhaunted
• 闹大nào dà(of a person) to make a big fuss about (sth); to make a big deal of…
• 闹区nào qūdowntown
• 闹场nào chǎnggongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera; to create a disturbance
• 闹心nào xīnto be vexed or annoyed; to feel queasy
• 闹忙nào máng(dialect) bustling; lively
• 闹热nào rè(dialect) bustling; lively
• 闹太套nào tài tào(net slang) transcription of "not at all" – English words in a song promoting the 2008…
• 闹洞房nào dòng fángdisturbing the privacy of bridal room…
• 闹笑话nào xiào huato make a fool of oneself
• 闹翻天nào fān tiānto create a big disturbance
• 闹着玩儿nào zhe wán rto play games; to joke around; to play a joke on sb
• 闹情绪nào qíng xùto be in a bad mood
• 闹糊糊nào hú huto cause trouble
• 闹猛nào měng(dialect) bustling; lively
• 闹僵nào jiāng(of a relationship or situation) to become strained and tense

Words containing 闹

• 热闹rè naobustling with noise and excitement; lively
• 无理取闹wú lǐ qǔ nào(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
• 喧闹xuān nàoto make a noise; noisy
• 看热闹kàn rè naoto enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are
• 吵闹chǎo nàonoisy; raucous; to shout and scream
• 胡闹hú nàoto act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
• 凑热闹còu rè naoto join in the fun; to get in on the action; (fig.) to butt in
• 大闹dà nàoto cause havoc; to run amok
• 哭闹kū nàoto bawl, disturbing others
• 打闹dǎ nàoto quarrel; to squabble; to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay
• 大吵大闹dà chǎo dà nàoto shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss; to make a scene
• 取闹qǔ nàoto make trouble; to make fun of
• 校闹xiào nàodisruptive activities targeted at a school by an aggrieved party…
• 繁闹fán nàobustling
• 医闹yī nào(neologism, attested by 2013) organized disruption of healthcare facilities or verbal and…
• 骚闹sāo nàonoisy; to make a racket
• 大闹天宫Dà nào Tiān gōngMonkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孙悟空
• 小打小闹xiǎo dǎ xiǎo nàosmall-scale
• 止闹按钮zhǐ nào àn niǔsnooze button
• 吵闹声chǎo nào shēngnoise
• 又吵又闹yòu chǎo yòu nàoto make a lot of noise; to be disorderly
• 耍闹shuǎ nàoto skylark; to play boisterously; to fool around
• 瞎闹xiā nàoto make a scene; to fool around; to behave foolishly
• 五鬼闹判wǔ guǐ nào pànFive ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom)…

Characters that look like 闹

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 阁gépavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir
• 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 闺guīsmall arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 闽Mǐnshort name for Fujian 福建; also pr. Mín
• 阂héobstruct

Sounds the same

Read nào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 淖slush; mud
• 臑biceps (in Chinese medicine); (arch.) forelimbs of livestock animal