闹

Noisy in Chinese: 闹 (nào)

nào

noisy

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 鬧1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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闹

Zhuyin

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ㄋㄠˋ

nào

ㄋ/ nㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

闹

Simplified

鬧

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这里太闹了，我们换个地方谈吧。

    zhè lǐ tài nào le， wǒ men huàn gè dì fāng tán ba。

    It is too noisy here; let us go somewhere else to talk.

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Related words

热闹

rè nao

bustling with noise and excitement

闹钟

nào zhōng

alarm clock

胡闹

hú nào

to act willfully and make a scene

闹事

nào shì

to cause trouble

喧闹

xuān nào

to make a noise

看热闹

kàn rè nao

to enjoy watching a bustling scene

闹着玩儿

nào zhe wán r

to play games

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