看
热
闹

To enjoy watching a bustling scene in Chinese: 看热闹 (kàn rè nao)

kàn rè nao

to enjoy watching a bustling scene

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 看熱鬧1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to enjoy watching a bustling scene
  2. 2to go where the crowds are

Stroke order

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看
热
闹

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄢˋ

kàn

ㄎ/ kㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄖㄜˋ

rè

ㄖ/ rㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄋㄠ

nao

˙/ neutral toneㄋ/ nㄠ/ ao

Simplified & traditional

看热闹

Simplified

看熱鬧

Traditional

Example sentences

See 看热闹 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 街上出事了，很多人在看热闹。

    jiē shàng chū shì le， hěn duō rén zài kàn rè nao。

    Something happened on the street, and many people are watching the commotion.

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Related words

看

kàn

to see

热

rè

to warm up

闹

nào

noisy

看见

kàn jiàn

to see

热情

rè qíng

cordial

看法

kàn fǎ

way of looking at a thing

热闹

rè nao

bustling with noise and excitement

看来

kàn lai

apparently

难看

nán kàn

ugly

热爱

rè ài

to love ardently

热烈

rè liè

enthusiastic

热心

rè xīn

enthusiastic

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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