闹
着
玩
儿

To play games in Chinese: 闹着玩儿 (nào zhe wán r)

nào zhe wán r

to play games

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 鬧著玩兒1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to play games
  2. 2to joke around
  3. 3to play a joke on sb

Stroke order

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闹
着
玩
儿

Zhuyin

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ㄋㄠˋ

nào

ㄋ/ nㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄓㄜ

zhe

˙/ neutral toneㄓ/ zhㄜ/ e

ㄨㄢˊ

wán

ㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

˙ㄦ

r

˙/ neutral toneㄦ/ er

Simplified & traditional

闹着玩儿

Simplified

鬧著玩兒

Traditional

Example sentences

See 闹着玩儿 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 别生气，我只是在闹着玩儿。

    bié shēng qì， wǒ zhǐ shì zài nào zhe wán r。

    Don't be angry, I'm just joking around.

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Related words

玩

wán

to play

着

zhe

aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

闹

nào

noisy

儿子

ér zi

son

女儿

nǚ ér

daughter

着急

zháo jí

to worry

儿童

ér tóng

child

热闹

rè nao

bustling with noise and excitement

随着

suí zhe

along with

接着

jiē zhe

to catch and hold on

玩具

wán jù

plaything

着凉

zháo liáng

to catch cold

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