胡闹 meaning in English

húnào

to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 胡鬧17 strokes

Meaning of 胡闹

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

húnào
  1. to act willfully and make a scene
  2. to make trouble

胡闹 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men胡hú闹nào太tài久jiǔ了le, 现xiàn在zài该gāi是shì我wǒ们men考kǎo虑lǜ基jī本běn事shì实shí的de时shí候hòu了le。
We've been horsing around too much; it's high time we got down to brass tacks.

Stroke order for each character

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胡 hú · recklessly · 9 strokes

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闹 nào · noisy · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 胡闹.

热闹rènaolively; bustling; full of activity; to make things lively; to have a good time
闹钟nàozhōngalarm clock
胡子húzibeard; mustache or whiskers
胡同儿hútòngrerhua form of 胡同[hu2 tong4]
胡说húshuōto talk nonsense; drivel
胡思乱想húsī-luànxiǎng(idiom) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
闹事nàoshìto cause trouble; to create a disturbance
喧闹xuānnàoto make a noise; noisy
看热闹kàn rènaoto enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are
闹着玩儿nàozhewánrto play games; to joke around
胡扯húchěto chatter; nonsense
胡说八道húshuōbādàoto talk rubbish

Questions about 胡闹

What does 胡闹 mean?

胡闹 (húnào) means "to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 胡闹?

胡闹 is made of 2 characters: 胡 (9 strokes), 闹 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 胡闹 an HSK word?

Yes. 胡闹 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 胡闹 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 胡闹 is written 胡鬧.