无理取闹 wúlǐqǔnào

1. to make trouble without reason (idiom)
2. wilfully make trouble
3. to be deliberately provocative
4. deliberately awkward

These meanings come from the same dictionary that powers the Chinese to Pinyin translator and the Chinese to English translator, so a whole sentence containing 无理取闹 will read it the same way this page does.

无理取闹 is written with 4 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

What does 无理取闹 mean in English?

无理取闹 is pronounced wúlǐqǔnào and means to make trouble without reason (idiom), wilfully make trouble, to be deliberately provocative, deliberately awkward.

How do you pronounce 无理取闹?

无理取闹 is wúlǐqǔnào in pinyin — written wuliqunao without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 无理取闹?

无理取闹 is written with 4 characters: 无 (wú) Not have (-less - not - never mind - un-), 理 (lǐ) Reason (principle - theory - manage - logic), 取 (qǔ) Take (collect - replace - choose), 闹 (nào) Noisy (suffer from - to joke). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 无理取闹 written in traditional Chinese?

無理取鬧. The simplified form 无理取闹 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 無理取鬧 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced wúlǐqǔnào.

Is 无理取闹 an HSK word?

Yes — 无理取闹 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.