闹
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noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 門 +5
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 鬧
- Common rank
- #1,208
- Unicode
- U+95F9
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Words with 闹
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内行看门道，外行看热闹 | while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show | |
| 小打小闹 | small-scale | |
| 穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲 | the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest moun… | |
| 闹市区 | busy commercial district; downtown area | |
| 无理取闹 | (idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative | |
| 大闹天宫 | Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kon… | |
| 闹新房 | see 鬧洞房|闹洞房[nao4 dong4 fang2] | |
| 一哭二闹三上吊 | (lit.) to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying); (fig.) to make a terrible scene… | |
| 大闹 | to cause havoc; to run amok | |
| 闹大 | (of a person) to make a big fuss about (sth); to make a big deal of; (of an adverse situat… | |
| 闹区 | (Tw) busy commercial district; downtown area | |
| 闹市 | downtown area; city center | |
| 闹心 | to be vexed or annoyed; to feel queasy | |
| 闹着玩儿 | to play games; to joke around; to play a joke on sb | |
| 闹事 | to cause trouble; to create a disturbance | |
| 看热闹 | to enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are | |
| 打闹 | to quarrel; to squabble; to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay | |
| 闹翻天 | to create a big disturbance | |
| 闹笑话 | to make a fool of oneself | |
| 闹场 | gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera; to create a disturbance |