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作弄 (zuò nòng): To tease (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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作弄 consists of 2 characters.

作 • zuò • to do, to make, to act

zuò作

to do, to make, to act

弄 • nòng • play with; fix; manage • HSK 2.0 L4

HSK 4

nòng弄

play with; fix; manage

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Pinyinzuò nòng

Meaningto tease; to make fun of; to play tricks on

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Example Sentences with 作弄

Tā他

xǐ喜

huān欢

zuò作

nòng弄

tóng同

xué学

。

He likes to tease his classmates.

Bié别

zuò作

nòng弄

nà那

zhī只

māo猫

，

tā它

huì会

shēng

生

qì气

de的

。

Don't play tricks on that cat; it will get angry.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 作弄.

Words with 作

工作gōng zuòjob; work
作业zuò yèhomework
工作日gōng zuò rìworkday
作家zuò jiāwriter
作用zuò yòngeffect
作者zuò zhěauthor
动作dòng zuòmovement
叫作jiào zuòto call

Words with 弄

玩弄wán nòngplay
嘲弄cháo nòngMock / ridicule
弄虚作假nòng xū zuò jiǎdeceive people by false appearances / practice deceit
卖弄mài nongto show off

弄清

nòng qīng

to clarify; to figure out

愚弄yú nòngto fool, to deceive

戏弄xì nòngto tease; to mock; to make fun of

捉弄zhuō nòngto tease; to play tricks on