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闹
鬧
nào
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
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

闹
nào
busy, lively; to dispute, to quarrel
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

取闹
qǔnào
to make trouble
吵闹
chǎonào
noisy
喧闹
xuānnào
to make a noise
大闹
dànào
to cause havoc
热闹
rènao
bustling with noise and excitement
HSK 4
瞎闹
xiānào
to make a scene
繁闹
fánnào
bustling
胡闹
húnào
to act willfully and make a scene
骚闹
sāonào
noisy
闹事
nàoshì
to cause trouble
闹剧
nàojù
farce
闹区
nàoqū
downtown
闹场
nàochǎng
gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera
闹市
nàoshì
downtown area
闹心
nàoxīn
to be vexed or annoyed
闹忙
nàománg
(dialect) bustling
闹房
nàofáng
see [[鬧洞房|闹洞房<nàodòngfáng>]]
闹猛
nàoměng
(dialect) bustling
闹翻
nàofān
to have a falling out
闹贼
nàozéi
(coll.) to be burglarized

Alternate Entries

闹
nào
variant of [[鬧|闹<nào>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,335
Word Frequency Rank
2,372 of 84,292

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