IDENTITY
闹nàonoisy; to make a fuss
HSK 3Top 700
CORE MEANING
noisy; to make a fuss
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.noisy; bustlingHSK3
- 2.to quarrelHSK5
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 门door radical (mén)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿵门市
- the gate
- market
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
热闹rènaolively
闹钟nàozhōngalarm clock
Graded examples
市场上很热闹。Shìchǎng shang hěn rènao.HSK3
The market is very lively.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A market (市) at the gate (门) — noise, bustle. (From 鬧, two fighters at a gate.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #700
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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