闹

闹 nào

Noisy (suffer from - to joke)

nao

What 闹 means

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闹 is pronounced nào and means Noisy (suffer from - to joke).

闹 is nào in pinyin — written nao without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

Common ones include 热闹 (rènao) bustling, 无理取闹 (wúlǐqǔnào) to make trouble without reason (idiom). Each has its own entry on this site.

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