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lòng

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lòng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lòng | long4
English translation
lane
alley
variant of lòng [lòng]
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nòng | nong4
English translation
to do
to manage
to handle
to play with
to fool with
to mess with
to fix
to toy with
old variant of lòng [nòng]
to do; to mock, to tease; to play with

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About lòng

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

lòng

Contains the radical

gǒng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Two hands  gǒng playing with a piece of jade gǒng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of lòng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

玉廾

Explanation

Depicts a pair of hands ( gǒng ) playing with a jade object ().

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Example sentences using lòng

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开动 kāi dòng 脑筋 nǎo jīn , xiǎng lòng dǒng 这个 zhè ge 问题 wèntí .

His mind reached after an understanding of the problem.

直到 zhí dào 看到这幅 huà de 说明 shuōmíng cái lòng dǒng 意思 yìsi .

I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.

他们 tā men de 聚会 jùhuì lòng le ,这个 zhè ge zuì 怎么 zěnme péi 得起 ya ?

How can I ever make amends for ruining their party?

de shǒu lòng téng le , zài 住手 zhù shǒu jiù gào !

I'll tell of you if you don't stop hurting my arm!

不速之客 bù sù zhī kè de 到来 dào lái lòng hěn 慌张 huāngzhāng .

She was put in a fluster by the unexpected guests.

Words with lòng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lòng to do lòng
玩弄 wánnòng to play with玩弄 wánnòng
弄清 nòng qīng to clarify弄清 nòng qīng
弄虚作假 nòng xū zuò jiǎ to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery弄虛作假
摆弄 bǎi nòng to fiddle with擺弄
捉弄 zhuō nòng to tease捉弄 zhuō nòng
糊弄 hù nong to fool糊弄 hù nong
愚弄 yú nòng to fool愚弄 yú nòng
弄死 nòng sǐ to kill弄死 nòng sǐ
戏弄 xì nòng to tease戲弄
卖弄 mài nong to show off賣弄
嘲弄 cháo nòng to tease嘲弄 cháo nòng
里弄 lǐ lòng lanes and alleys里弄 lǐ lòng
弄脏 nòng zāng to make dirty弄髒
弄错 nòng cuò to err弄錯
弄堂 lòng táng lane弄堂 lòng táng
弄坏 nòng huài to ruin弄壞
作弄 zuò nòng to tease作弄 zuò nòng
拨弄 bō nòng to fiddle with撥弄
弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō
弄醒 nòng xǐng to wake sb up弄醒 nòng xǐng
故弄玄虚 gù nòng xuán xū deliberately mystifying故弄玄虛
弄不清 nòng bu qīng unable to figure out弄不清 nòng bu qīng
挤眉弄眼 jǐ méi nòng yǎn to make eyes擠眉弄眼
装神弄鬼 zhuāng shén nòng guǐ to scam裝神弄鬼

lòng Decomposition & Compounds

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lòng Decomposition

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lòng Compounds

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