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Usage of the character 闹

nào
[鬧]
  • 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
nào
[閙]
  • variant of 鬧/闹 (nào)
xiānào
瞎闹
[瞎鬧]
  • to make a scene
  • to fool around
  • to behave foolishly
nàoshì
闹事
[鬧事]
  • to cause trouble
  • to create a disturbance
nàoteng
闹腾
[鬧騰]
  • to disturb
  • to create confusion
  • to make a din
rènao
热闹
[熱鬧]
  • bustling with noise and excitement
  • lively
nàochǎng
闹场
[鬧場]
  • gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera
  • to create a disturbance
nàoguǐ
闹鬼
[鬧鬼]
  • haunted
nàoxīn
闹心
[鬧心]
  • to be vexed or annoyed
  • to feel queasy
shuǎnào
耍闹
[耍鬧]
  • to skylark
  • to play boisterously
  • to fool around
sāonào
骚闹
[騷鬧]
  • noisy; to make a racket
nàofáng
闹房
[鬧房]
  • see 鬧洞房/闹洞房 (nàodòngfáng)
nàozéi
闹贼
[鬧賊]
  • (coll.) to be burglarized
chǎonào
吵闹
[吵鬧]
  • noisy
  • raucous
  • to shout and scream
yīnào
医闹
[醫鬧]
  • (neologism c. 2013) organized disruption of healthcare facilities or verbal and physical abuse of medical staff, by an aggrieved patient or proxies such as family members or hired thugs, typically aimed at obtaining compensation
dànào
大闹
[大鬧]
  • to cause havoc
  • to run amok
fánnào
繁闹
[繁鬧]
  • bustling
nàozhōng
闹钟
[鬧鐘]
  • alarm clock
qǔnào
取闹
[取鬧]
  • to make trouble
  • to make fun of
kūnào
哭闹
[哭鬧]
  • to bawl, disturbing others
nàolíng
闹铃
[鬧鈴]
  • alarm (clock)
nàoshì
闹市
[鬧市]
  • downtown area
  • city center
dǎnào
打闹
[打鬧]
  • to quarrel; to squabble
  • to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay
húnào
胡闹
[胡鬧]
  • to act willfully and make a scene
  • to make trouble
nàoqū
闹区
[鬧區]
  • downtown
nàojù
闹剧
[鬧劇]
  • farce
  • CL:場/场 (chǎng),齣/出 (chū),幕 (mù)
xuānnào
喧闹
[喧鬧]
  • to make a noise
  • noisy
xiàonào
校闹
[校鬧]
  • disruptive activities targeted at a school by an aggrieved party (neologism formed by analogy with 醫鬧/医闹 (yīnào))
nàománg
闹忙
[鬧忙]
  • (dialect) bustling
  • lively
nàoměng
闹猛
[鬧猛]
  • (dialect) bustling
  • lively
nàofān
闹翻
[鬧翻]
  • to have a falling out
  • to have a big argument
nàofāntiān
闹翻天
[鬧翻天]
  • to create a big disturbance
nàohōnghōng
闹轰轰
[鬧轟轟]
  • variant of 鬧哄哄/闹哄哄 (nàohōnghōng)
nàomáodùn
闹矛盾
[鬧矛盾]
  • to be at loggerheads
  • to have a falling out
còurènao
凑热闹
[湊熱鬧]
  • to join in the fun
  • to get in on the action
  • (fig.) to butt in
  • to create more trouble
kànrènao
看热闹
[看熱鬧]
  • to enjoy watching a bustling scene
  • to go where the crowds are
nàohōnghōng
闹哄哄
[鬧哄哄]
  • clamorous
  • noisy
  • sensational
  • very exciting
nàoxīnfáng
闹新房
[鬧新房]
  • see 鬧洞房/闹洞房 (nàodòngfáng)
nàotàitào
闹太套
[鬧太套]
  • (Internet slang) transcription of "not at all" – English words in a song promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics sung by Huang Xiaoming 黃曉明/黄晓明 ( Huáng Xiǎomíng), who became a laughing stock in China because his pronunciation was perceived as embarrassingly bad
  • to be a laughing stock
  • to make a fool of oneself (i.e. equivalent to 鬧笑話/闹笑话 (nàoxiàohua))
nàopíqi
闹脾气
[鬧脾氣]
  • to get angry
nàoqíngxù
闹情绪
[鬧情緒]
  • to be in a bad mood
nàodùzi
闹肚子
[鬧肚子]
  • (coll.) to have diarrhea
nàodòngfáng
闹洞房
[鬧洞房]
  • disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
nàoxiàohua
闹笑话
[鬧笑話]
  • to make a fool of oneself
nàohúhu
闹糊糊
[鬧糊糊]
  • to cause trouble
chǎonàoshēng
吵闹声
[吵鬧聲]
  • noise
nàobièniu
闹别扭
[鬧彆扭]
  • to be difficult with sb
  • to provoke disagreement
  • at loggerheads
  • to fall out with
wúlǐqǔnào
无理取闹
[無理取鬧]
  • to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative
Dànào Tiāngōng
大闹天宫
[大鬧天宮]
  • Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空/孙悟空 ( Sūn Wùkōng) from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記/西游记
nàonàorǎngrǎng
闹闹攘攘
[鬧鬧攘攘]
  • to create an uproar
wǔguǐnàopàn
五鬼闹判
[五鬼鬧判]
  • Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
yòuchǎoyòunào
又吵又闹
[又吵又鬧]
  • to make a lot of noise
  • to be disorderly
zhǐnào'ànniǔ
止闹按钮
[止鬧按鈕]
  • snooze button
nàozhewánr
闹着玩儿
[鬧著玩兒]
  • to play games
  • to joke around
  • to play a joke on sb
nàolíngshízhōng
闹铃时钟
[鬧鈴時鐘]
  • alarm clock
dàchǎodànào
大吵大闹
[大吵大鬧]
  • to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss
  • to make a scene
xiǎodǎxiǎonào
小打小闹
[小打小鬧]
  • small-scale
yīkū'èrnàosānshàngdiào
一哭二闹三上吊
[一哭二鬧三上吊]
  • (idiom) to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum
nèihángkànméndao,wàihángkànrènao
内行看门道,外行看热闹
[內行看門道,外行看熱鬧]
  • while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show
qióngzàinàoshìwúrénwèn,fùzàishēnshānyǒuyuǎnqīn
穷在闹市无人问,富在深山有远亲
[窮在鬧市無人問,富在深山有遠親]
  • the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain