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1.

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2.

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3.

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4.

How to Use 弄

Play with or mess with

In words like 玩弄 and 嘲弄, 弄 (nòng) suggests treating someone or something as a joke, often with a hint of disrespect.

玩弄 • wán nòng • play • HSK 6

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5.

Example Sentences

bù不

yào要

xì戏

nòng弄

nǐ你

de的

tóng

Information

Pinyinnòng

Meaningplay with; fix; manage

Strokes7

Radical廾

Traditional弄

StructureTop-Bottom

Frequency#811

Zhuyinㄋㄨㄥˋ

UnicodeU+5F04

CangjieMGT

wán玩

nòng弄

play

嘲弄 • cháo nòng • Mock / ridicule • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

cháo嘲

nòng弄

Mock / ridicule

同

xué学

。

Don't tease your classmates.

tā他

xǐ喜

huan欢

zhuō捉

nòng弄

tóng同

xué学

。

He likes to tease his classmates.

Bié别

nòng弄

wǒ我

de的

diàn电

nǎo脑

，

wǒ我

zhèng正

zài在

gōng工

zuò作

。

Don't mess with my computer, I'm working.

wǒ我

huì会

jǐn尽

kuài快

bǎ把

diàn电

nǎo脑

nòng弄

hǎo好

。

I will fix the computer as soon as possible.

qǐng请

bú不

yào要

nòng弄

cuò错

huì会

yì议

de的

shí时

jiān间

。

Please don't mistake the meeting time.

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