Chinese symbol for “squabble”
打闹
dǎ nào
Traditional: 打鬧
to quarrel; to squabble; to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay
The closest CC-CEDICT match for squabble is 打闹 (dǎ nào), defined as: to quarrel; to squabble; to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “squabble”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 打闹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打开 (打開) | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan; to intend |
| 打电话 (打電話) | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 打败 (打敗) | dǎ bài | to defeat; to overpower |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “squabble”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.