闹 (nào): noisy
闹 (nào) is a Chinese character meaning “noisy.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 门 (structural) and 市 (structural). It ranks #1328 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 闹 as busy as the market 市 gate 门. Its radical form 门 (gate) appears in many related characters such as 门 (mén, door, gate), 间 (jiān, room, between), 闪 (shǎn, to flash, to dodge).
Definitions
- noisy
Etymology & Origin
ideographicAs busy as the market 市 gate 门
Decomposition: ⿵门市 (layout: surround-from-top)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 闹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 热闹adjective/verb/noun | rè nao | bustling with noise and excitement | 4 |
| 闹钟noun | nào zhōng | alarm clock | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胡闹verb | hú nào | to act willfully and make a scene |
| 吵闹verb | chǎo nào | noisy |
| 闹剧noun | nào jù | farce |
| 闹鬼verb | nào guǐ | haunted |
| 闹事verb | nào shì | to cause trouble |
| 无理取闹phrase | wú lǐ qǔ nào | (idiom) to make trouble without reason |
| 闹翻verb | nào fān | to have a falling out |
| 大吵大闹phrase | dà chǎo dà nào | to shout and scream (idiom) |
| 喧闹adjective | xuān nào | to make a noise |
| 打闹verb | dǎ nào | to quarrel |
| 小打小闹 | xiǎo dǎ xiǎo nào | small-scale |
| 闹腾verb | nào teng | to disturb |
| 哭闹verb | kū nào | to bawl, disturbing others |
| 闹别扭verb | nào biè niu | to be difficult with sb |
| 凑热闹verb | còu rè nao | to join in the fun |
闹 appears in 63 compound words: 57 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 闹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
市场上很热闹，人来人往。
Shìchǎng shang hěn rènao, rén lái rén wǎng.
The market is very lively with people coming and going.
台南新市“闹元宵” 明起连6天封街登场
tái nán xīn shì nào yuán xiāo míng qǐ lián 6 tiān fēng jiē dēng chǎng
Tainan New City's "Lantern Festival" will be closed for 6 consecutive days from tomorrow
...钱纠纷!女总裁砸重金力挺遭冷甩...双方闹上法院
. . . qián jiū fēn ! nǚ zǒng cái zá chóng jīn lì tǐng zāo lěng shuǎi . . . shuāng fāng nào shàng fǎ yuàn
... Money dispute! The female president spent a lot of money to support and was scolded... The two sides went to court
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jī qì rén chūn wǎn sài rè nào zhī yú , duō xiǎng sān gě wèn tí shì pín
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首次举办新春市集,大学路迎来“最热闹的春节”
shǒu cì jǔ bàn xīn chūn shì jí , dà xué lù yíng lái zuì rè nào de chūn jié
University Road Hosts Its First-Ever Spring Festival Market, Marking Its "Livelyest Lunar New Year"
7500人闹社火、品尝汉代美食,一起解锁新年最潮打....
rén nào shè huǒ pǐn cháng hàn dài měi shí , yī qǐ xiè suǒ xīn nián zuì cháo dǎ . . . .
7,500 people celebrate with traditional folk performances and sample Han Dynasty cuisine, unlocking the trendiest New Year activities together...
被闹钟唤醒没有被鸟唤醒的好。
Bèi nàozhōng huànxǐng méiyǒu bèi niǎo huànxǐng de hǎo.
Much better to be woken by the birds than by an alarm.
父亲把闹钟调到六时。
Fùqīn bǎ nàozhōng diào dào liù shí.
Father set the alarm for six o'clock.
周围环境怎么样？静不静？夜晚闹不闹？
Zhōuwéi huánjìng zěnmeyàng? Jìng bù jìng? Yèwǎn nào bù nào?
How's the neighborhood? Quiet? Noisy at night?
他告诫他们不要吵闹。
Tā gàojiè tāmen bù yào chǎonào.
He admonished them for being noisy.
Character Family
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