Hanzi
Traditional
鬧
Simplified
闹

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

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 4

Pinyin

nào

Bopomofo

ㄋㄠˋ

Jyutping

naau6

Example sentences

熱鬧 / 热闹 rènào
夜市很熱鬧。
夜市很热闹。

The night market is very lively.

過 / 过 guò
我去年去過那家夜市，所以知道那裡很熱鬧。
我去年去过那家夜市，所以知道那里很热闹。

I went to that night market last year, so I know it is very lively there.

鬧 / 闹 nào
你們別再鬧了！
你们别再闹了！

Stop making a fuss!

吵鬧 / 吵闹 chǎonào
隔壁的鄰居半夜吵鬧，影響了我的睡眠。
隔壁的邻居半夜吵闹，影响了我的睡眠。

The neighbors next door were noisy in the middle of the night, affecting my sleep.

忍受 rěnshòu
我無法忍受這吵鬧的環境。
我无法忍受这吵闹的环境。

I cannot stand this noisy environment.

喧鬧 / 喧闹 xuānnào
這條街道在白天非常喧鬧。
这条街道在白天非常喧闹。

This street is very bustling during the day.

Example Vocabulary

熱鬧

re4'nao4

lively; bustling

鬧

nao4

to make a noise; to disturb; to suffer from; to tease

鬧鍾

吵鬧

chao3'nao4

noisy; to make a noise; to quarrel

喧鬧

xuan1'nao4

noisy; bustling; to make a noise

大鬧

大鬧天宮

湊熱鬧

cou4're4'nao4

取鬧

qu3'nao4

吵鬧聲

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