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nào

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nào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nào | nao4
English translation
busy, lively; to dispute, to quarrel

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About nào

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

nào

Contains the radical

dòu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

As busy as the market  shì  gate  dòu

Etymology of nào

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

鬥市

Explanation

Simplified form of nào . Markets ( shì ) and fights ( dòu ) are noisy.

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Words with nào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
nào noisy nào
热闹 rènao lively熱鬧
闹钟 nào zhōng alarm clock鬧鐘
胡闹 hú nào to make trouble胡鬧
闹剧 nào jù farce鬧劇
吵闹 chǎo nào noisy吵鬧
闹事 nào shì to cause trouble鬧事
闹鬼 nào guǐ haunted鬧鬼
无理取闹 wúlǐqǔnào to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative無理取鬧
喧闹 xuān nào noisy喧鬧
闹翻 nào fān to have a falling out鬧翻
凑热闹 còu rè nao to join in the fun湊熱鬧
闹市 nào shì downtown area鬧市
看热闹 kàn rè nao to go where the crowds are看熱鬧
闹腾 nào teng to disturb鬧騰
大吵大闹 dà chǎo dà nào to make a scene大吵大鬧
小打小闹 xiǎo dǎ xiǎo nào small-scale小打小鬧
闹别扭 nào biè niu to be difficult with sb鬧彆扭
闹情绪 nào qíng xù to be in a bad mood鬧情緒
闹肚子 nào dù zi (coll.) to have diarrhea鬧肚子
闹哄哄 nào hōng hōng clamorous鬧哄哄

nào Decomposition & Compounds

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