"弄" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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弄
Trad. 衖
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 廾
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 7
Structure
Decomp. 王廾
Prononciation
Mandarin lòng; nòng
Entry Methods
Pinyin long4; nong4
Kanji /
Cangjie
 MGT
一土廿
Sijiao 1044.1
Wubi GAJ
CNS 11643 1-4A2D
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+5F04
GB2312 C5AA
BIG5 A7CB
Results for 弄
弄 lòng variant of 弄[long4]
弄 nòng old variant of 弄[nong4]
Results beginning with 弄
弄清 nòng qīng to clarify / to fully understand
弄到 nòng dào to get hold of / to obtain / to secure / to come by
弄错 nòng cuò to err / to get sth wrong / to miscalculate / to misunderstand
弄脏 nòng zāng to make dirty / to defile / to smear
弄丢 nòng diū to lose
弄坏 nòng huài to ruin / to spoil / to break
弄懂 nòng dǒng to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out
弄死 nòng sǐ to kill / to put to death
弄堂 lòng táng (dialect) alley / lane
弄醒 nòng xǐng to wake sb up
弄乱 nòng luàn to mess up / to put into disorder / to meddle with / to confuse
弄碎 nòng suì to crumble
弄臣 nòng chén emperor's favorite courtier
弄通 nòng tōng to get a good grasp of
弄皱 nòng zhòu to crumple
弄糟 nòng zāo to spoil / to mess up
弄短 nòng duǎn to shorten / shortening
弄混 nòng hún to confuse (fail to differentiate)
弄僵 nòng jiāng to bring to deadlock / to result in a stalemate
弄平 nòng píng to flatten
弄伤 nòng shāng to bruise / to hurt (something)
弄瓦 nòng wǎ (literary) to have a baby girl / to celebrate the birth of a daughter
弄歪 nòng wāi to distort
弄璋 nòng zhāng (literary) to have a baby boy / to celebrate the birth of a son
弄直 nòng zhí to straighten
弄走 nòng zǒu (coll.) to take (sth) away / to get rid of
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弄到手 nòng dào shǒu to get in hand / to get (one's) hands on / to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire)
弄不懂 nòng bu dǒng unable to make sense of (sth)
弄不清 nòng bu qīng unable to figure out
弄明白 nòng míng bai to figure out how to do something
弄虚作假 nòng xū zuò jiǎ to practice fraud (idiom) / by trickery
弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
弄假成真 nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn pretense that turns into reality (idiom) / to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
弄巧反拙 nòng qiǎo fǎn zhuō see 弄巧成拙[nong4 qiao3 cheng2 zhuo1]
弄嘴弄舌 nòng zuǐ nòng shé to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
弄懂弄通 nòng dǒng nòng tōng to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
弄岗穗鹛 Nòng gǎng suì méi (bird species of China) Nonggang babbler (Stachyris nonggangensis)
Approximate Results for 弄
玩弄 wán nòng to play with / to toy with / to dally with / to engage in / to resort to
捉弄 zhuō nòng to tease
嘲弄 cháo nòng to tease / to poke fun at / to make fun of
戏弄 xì nòng to play tricks on / to make fun of / to tease
摆弄 bǎi nòng to move back and forth / to fiddle with
卖弄 mài nong to show off / to make a display of
愚弄 yú nòng to make a fool out of / to fool / to dupe
拨弄 bō nòng to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up
糊弄 hù nong to fool / to deceive / to go through the motions
作弄 zuò nòng to tease / to play tricks on
逗弄 dòu nòng to tease / to provoke / to play with (a child, animal etc)
里弄 lǐ lòng lanes and alleys / neighborhood / lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
耍弄 shuǎ nòng to play with / to engage in / to resort to / to dally with
搬弄 bān nòng to fiddle with / to play and move sth about / to show off (what one can do) / to parade (one's capabilities) / to cause trouble
舞弄 wǔ nòng to wave / to brandish
播弄 bō nong to order people about / to stir up / to sow discord
调弄 tiáo nòng to tease / to make fun of / to provoke / to stir up (trouble)
把弄 bǎ nòng to play with / to fiddle with
操弄 cāo nòng to manipulate / manipulation
倒弄 dǎo nong to move (things around) / to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)
捣弄 dǎo nòng to move back and forward / to trade
抚弄 fǔ nòng to fondle / to caress / to stroke
唬弄 hǔ nòng to fool / to deceive
呼弄 hū nòng to fool / to deceive
胡弄 hú nong to fool / to deceive / to go through the motions
劐弄 huō leng (dialect) to mix / to stir / to make trouble
盘弄 pán nòng to play around with / to fidget / to fondle
侍弄 shì nòng to look after / to tend (one's crops, garden, livestock, pets etc) / to repair
梳弄 shū nòng (old) to deflorate a prostitute
挑弄 tiǎo nòng to incite / to provoke / to tease
侮弄 wǔ nòng to mock / to bully and insult
巷弄 xiàng lòng alley / lane
显弄 xiǎn nòng to flaunt / to show off
瞎弄 xiā nòng to fool around with / to mess with
炫弄 xuàn nòng to show off / to flaunt
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故弄玄虚 gù nòng xuán xū deliberately mystifying / to make sth unnecessarily complicated
挤眉弄眼 jǐ méi nòng yǎn to make eyes / to wink
班门弄斧 Bān mén nòng fǔ to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi to incite a quarrel (idiom) / to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
吟风弄月 yín fēng nòng yuè lit. singing of the wind and the moon / fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
装神弄鬼 zhuāng shén nòng guǐ lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom) / fig. to engage in hocus-pocus
玩弄制度  gaming the system
丢眉弄色 diū méi nòng sè to wink at sb
含饴弄孙 hán yí nòng sūn lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom) / fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu - nòng zī (idiom) to strike a coquettish pose
搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
搔头弄姿 sāo tóu - nòng zī see 搔首弄姿[sao1shou3-nong4zi1]
玩弄词藻 wán nòng cí zǎo to juggle with words (dishonestly) / to be a hypocrite and hide behind florid rhetoric
舞文弄墨 wǔ wén nòng mò (idiom) to display one's facility with words / to show off one's literary skills / (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4])
装神弄鬼 zhuāng shén - nòng guǐ lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom) / fig. to create a false sense of mystery / to play tricks to deceive or scare others / to engage in hocus-pocus
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