闹 — Chinese character
闹
nào
busy, lively; to dispute, to quarrel
- Pinyin
- nào
- Radical
- 169 ⾨ (Gate)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 门 市
- Formation
- ideographic — As busy as the market 市 gate 门
- Traditional
- 鬧
Common words with 闹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热闹 (熱鬧) | rè nao | lively; bustling; full of activity; to make things lively; to have a good time |
| 胡闹 (胡鬧) | hú nào | to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble |
| 闹剧 (鬧劇) | nào jù | farce; 场 (chǎng),出 (chū),幕 (mù) |
| 闹事 (鬧事) | nào shì | to cause trouble; to create a disturbance |
| 吵闹 (吵鬧) | chǎo nào | noisy; raucous |
| 喧闹 (喧鬧) | xuān nào | to make a noise; noisy |
| 闹钟 (鬧鐘) | nào zhōng | alarm clock |
| 闹腾 (鬧騰) | nào teng | to disturb; to create confusion |
| 哭闹 (哭鬧) | kū nào | to bawl, disturbing others |
| 闹翻 (鬧翻) | nào fān | to have a falling out; to have a big argument |
| 大闹 (大鬧) | dà nào | to cause havoc; to run amok |
| 大吵大闹 (大吵大鬧) | dà chǎo dà nào | to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss; to make a scene |
English words written with 闹
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.