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弄
nòng
1.
to do
2.
to manage
3.
to handle
4.
to play with
5.
to fool with
6.
to mess with
7.
to fix
8.
to toy with
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
作弄
zuònòng
to tease
侍弄
shìnòng
to look after
侮弄
wǔnòng
to mock
倒弄
dǎonong
to move (things around)
唬弄
hǔnòng
to fool
嘲弄
cháonòng
to tease
弄丢
nòngdiū
to lose
弄乱
nòngluàn
to mess up
弄伤
nòngshāng
to bruise
弄僵
nòngjiāng
to bring to deadlock
弄到
nòngdào
to get hold of
弄坏
nònghuài
to ruin
弄平
nòngpíng
to flatten
弄懂
nòngdǒng
to make sense of
弄歪
nòngwāi
to distort
弄死
nòngsǐ
to kill
弄混
nònghún
to confuse (fail to differentiate)
弄清
nòngqīng
to clarify
弄皱
nòngzhòu
to crumple
弄直
nòngzhí
to straighten
Example Sentences (2)
没关系，我想给你做点儿羊肉饺子，刚才用刀切肉的时候把手弄破了。
Méi guānxì, wǒ xiǎng gěi nǐ zuò diǎnr yángròu jiǎozǐ, gāngcái yòng dāo qiē ròu de shíhòu bǎ shǒu nòng pò le.
It's okay, I wanted to make you some lamb dumplings, and I cut my hand just now while cutting the meat with a knife.
Text 2
主要是她做事情比较慢，比如早上闹钟响了她不醒，我赶时间送她上学，她又急着上厕所。每天因为这些小事批评她，弄得我俩心情都不好。
Zhǔyào shì tā zuò shìqíng bǐjiào màn, bǐrú zǎoshang nàozhōng xiǎng le tā bù xǐng, wǒ gǎn shíjiān sòng tā shàngxué, tā yòu jí zhe shàng cèsuǒ. Měitiān yīnwèi zhèxiē xiǎoshì pīpíng tā, nòng de wǒ liǎ xīnqíng dōu bù hǎo.
Mainly, she does things rather slowly; for example, when the alarm goes off in the morning she doesn't wake up, I'm in a hurry to take her to school, and she's in a rush to use the bathroom. Every day I criticize her over these little things, which makes both of us feel bad.
Text 2
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,052
- Word Frequency Rank
- 597 of 84,292