闹
事

To cause trouble in Chinese: 闹事 (nào shì)

nào shì

to cause trouble

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 鬧事1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to cause trouble
  2. 2to create a disturbance

Stroke order

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闹
事

Zhuyin

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ㄋㄠˋ

nào

ㄋ/ nㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

闹事

Simplified

鬧事

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 几个人喝醉了，在街上闹事。

    jǐ gè rén hē zuì le， zài jiē shàng nào shì。

    A few people got drunk and caused a disturbance on the street.

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Related words

事

shì

matter

闹

nào

noisy

事情

shì qing

affair

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

热闹

rè nao

bustling with noise and excitement

从事

cóng shì

to go for

军事

jūn shì

military affairs

人事

rén shì

personnel

事实

shì shí

fact

事物

shì wù

thing

事先

shì xiān

in advance

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