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弄 (nòng): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 4

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How to write 弄 — animated stroke order

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2.

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3.

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4.

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5.

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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6.

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

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Frequency#811

Zhuyinㄋㄨㄥˋ

UnicodeU+5F04

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Jade (玉) held with two hands (廾) — to play or fiddle with, as if handling a precious stone.

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

huān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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弈yìto play chess or a board game
异yìdifferent, strange, separate
弃qìto discard, abandon, or throw away
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开kāito switch on; open

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