闹

nào

n+ào·4th tone

noisy · cacophonous

Radical: 门 Strokes: 8 HSK 4

Structure: Top surroundFrequency: Common

Same radical

门问间闲闻阁阙闭闪阔闷阅

Same radical

门问间闲闻阁阙闭闪阔闷阅闾阑阃

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Character Decomposition

闹=门+市

Etymology

As busy as the market 市 gate 门

Meanings

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

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Words with 闹 227 total

to quarrel; to squabble · to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay打闹dǎ nào bustling繁闹fán nào (dialect) bustling · lively闹忙nào máng (dialect) bustling · lively闹猛nào měng (dialect) bustling; lively闹热nào rè downtown area · city center闹市nào shì to cause trouble · to create a disturbance闹事nào shì to disturb · to create confusion · to make a din闹腾nào teng

Idioms with 闹 2 total Chain

(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative无理取闹wú lǐ qǔ nào 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五鬼闹判wǔ guǐ nào pàn

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