闹 着 玩 儿

nào zhe wán rdictionary entry

to play games / to joke around / to play a joke on sb

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

鬧著玩兒闹着玩儿 [nao4 zhe5 wan2 r5] /to play games/to joke around/to play a joke on sb/

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Other forms in these source records: 鬧著玩兒

闹
nào
noisy; boisterous / bustling; lively / to make noise / to cause a disturbance / to express; to vent (feelings) / to experience (an illness, disaster, famine etc) / to fool around / to engage in (an activity, often vigorously or disruptively)
着
zhāo
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuó]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add
zháo
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
zhe
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
zhuó
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply
玩
wán
to play / to have fun / to trifle with / toy / sth used for amusement / curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn]) / to keep sth for entertainment / Taiwan pr. [wàn]
儿
ér
child / son
r
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

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