胡 hú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- 古 old, classic, ancient ⺼ meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
胡闹
húnào
to fool around; to act wilfully; to make trouble
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Example phrases
- 预算已经很紧张了，你再临时增加项目，简直是在胡闹。 Yùsuàn yǐjīng hěn jǐnzhāng le, nǐ zài línshí zēngjiā xiàngmù, jiǎnzhí shì zài húnào. The budget is already very tight; adding projects at the last minute is simply messing around.
- 别在马路上胡闹，车多危险。 Bié zài mǎlù shang húnào, chē duō wēixiǎn. Don't fool around on the road; there are many cars and it is dangerous.
- 孩子们在客厅里胡闹，把沙发垫子扔得到处都是。 Háizimen zài kètīng lǐ húnào, bǎ shāfā diànzi rēng de dàochù dōu shì. The children are fooling around in the living room and have thrown the sofa cushions everywhere.
Related words
- 胡同儿 hútòngr alley
- 胡子 húzi beard and mustache
- 胡乱 húluàn randomly; carelessly; without order
- 胡说 húshuō to talk nonsense
- 胡思乱想 húsīluànxiǎng to indulge in wild thoughts; to let one's imagination run away
- 闹 nào to make noise; noisy
- 闹钟 nàozhōng alarm clock
- 热闹 rènao lively; bustling
- 闹事 nàoshì to make trouble; to cause a disturbance
- 喧闹 xuānnào noisy; bustling; to make noise
- 粗鲁 cūlǔ rude; impolite; rough-mannered
- 蠢 chǔn stupid; foolish