| 鬧 | [ naò ] noisy, cacophonous, to make noise, to disturb, to vent (feelings), to fall ill, to have an attack (of sickness), to go in (for some activity), to joke |
| 鬧事 | [ naò shì ] to cause trouble, to create a disturbance |
| 鬧劇 | [ naò jù ] farce, CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1],幕[mu4] |
| 鬧區 | [ naò qū ] downtown |
| 鬧哄哄 | [ naò hōng hōng ] clamorous, noisy, sensational, very exciting |
| 鬧場 | [ naò chǎng ] gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera, to create a disturbance |
| 鬧太套 | [ naò taì taò ] (Internet slang) transcription of "not at all" – English words in a song promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics sung by Huang Xiaoming 黃曉明|黄晓明[Huang2 Xiao3 ming2], who became a laughing stock in China because his pronunciation was perceived as embarrassingly bad, to be a laughing stock, to make a fool of oneself (i.e. equivalent to 鬧笑話|闹笑话[nao4 xiao4 hua5]) |
| 鬧市 | [ naò shì ] downtown area, city center |
| 鬧彆扭 | [ naò biè niu ] to be difficult with sb, to provoke disagreement, at loggerheads, to fall out with |
| 鬧心 | [ naò xīn ] to be vexed or annoyed, to feel queasy |
| 鬧忙 | [ naò máng ] (dialect) bustling, lively |
| 鬧情緒 | [ naò qíng xù ] to be in a bad mood |
| 鬧房 | [ naò fáng ] see 鬧洞房|闹洞房[nao4 dong4 fang2] |
| 鬧新房 | [ naò xīn fáng ] see 鬧洞房|闹洞房[nao4 dong4 fang2] |
| 鬧洞房 | [ naò dòng fáng ] disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds) |
| 鬧猛 | [ naò měng ] (dialect) bustling, lively |
| 鬧矛盾 | [ naò maó dùn ] to be at loggerheads, to have a falling out |
| 鬧笑話 | [ naò hua ] to make a fool of oneself |
| 鬧糊糊 | [ naò hú hu ] to cause trouble |
| 鬧翻 | [ naò fān ] to have a falling out, to have a big argument |
| 鬧翻天 | [ naò fān tiān ] to create a big disturbance |
| 鬧肚子 | [ naò dù zi ] (coll.) to have diarrhea |
| 鬧脾氣 | [ naò pí qi ] to get angry |
| 鬧著玩兒 | [ naò zhe wán ] to play games, to joke around, to play a joke on sb |
| 鬧賊 | [ naò zeí ] (coll.) to be burglarized |
| 鬧轟轟 | [ naò hōng hōng ] variant of 鬧哄哄|闹哄哄[nao4 hong1 hong1] |
| 鬧鈴 | [ naò líng ] alarm (clock) |
| 鬧鈴時鐘 | [ naò líng shí zhōng ] alarm clock |
| 鬧鐘 | [ naò zhōng ] alarm clock |
| 鬧騰 | [ naò teng ] to disturb, to create confusion, to make a din |
| 鬧鬧攘攘 | [ naò naò rǎng rǎng ] to create an uproar |
| 鬧鬼 | [ naò guǐ ] haunted |
| ⇒ 一哭二鬧三上吊 | [ yī kū èr naò sān shàng ] to make a terrible scene (idiom), to throw a tantrum |
| ⇒ 五鬼鬧判 | [ wǔ guǐ naò pàn ] Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells |
| ⇒ 內行看門道，外行看熱鬧 | [ neì háng kàn mén dao waì háng kàn rè nao ] while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show |
| ⇒ 又吵又鬧 | [ yoù chaǒ yoù naò ] to make a lot of noise, to be disorderly |
| ⇒ 取鬧 | [ qǔ naò ] to make trouble, to make fun of |
| ⇒ 吵鬧 | [ chaǒ naò ] noisy, raucous, to shout and scream |
| ⇒ 吵鬧聲 | [ chaǒ naò shēng ] noise |
| ⇒ 哭鬧 | [ kū naò ] to bawl, disturbing others |
| ⇒ 喧鬧 | [ xuān naò ] to make a noise, noisy |
| ⇒ 大吵大鬧 | [ dà chaǒ dà naò ] to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss, to make a scene |
| ⇒ 大鬧 | [ dà naò ] to cause havoc, to run amok |
| ⇒ 大鬧天宮 | [ dà naò tiān gōng ] Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 |
| ⇒ 小打小鬧 | [ dǎ naò ] small-scale |
| ⇒ 校鬧 | [ naò ] disruptive activities targeted at a school by an aggrieved party (neologism formed by analogy with 醫鬧|医闹[yi1 nao4]) |
| ⇒ 止鬧按鈕 | [ zhǐ naò àn niǔ ] snooze button |
| ⇒ 湊熱鬧 | [ coù rè nao ] to join in the fun, to get in on the action, (fig.) to butt in, to create more trouble |
| ⇒ 無理取鬧 | [ wú lǐ qǔ naò ] to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative |
| ⇒ 熱鬧 | [ rè nao ] bustling with noise and excitement, lively |
| ⇒ 看熱鬧 | [ kàn rè nao ] to enjoy watching a bustling scene, to go where the crowds are |
| ⇒ 瞎鬧 | [ xiā naò ] to make a scene, to fool around, to behave foolishly |
| ⇒ 窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親 | [ qióng zaì naò shì wú rén wèn fù zaì shēn shān yoǔ yuǎn qīn ] the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain |
| ⇒ 繁鬧 | [ fán naò ] bustling |
| ⇒ 耍鬧 | [ shuǎ naò ] to skylark, to play boisterously, to fool around |
| ⇒ 胡鬧 | [ hú naò ] to act willfully and make a scene, to make trouble |
| ⇒ 醫鬧 | [ yī naò ] (neologism c. 2013) organized disruption of healthcare facilities or verbal and physical abuse of medical staff, by an aggrieved patient or proxies such as family members or hired thugs, typically aimed at obtaining compensation |
| ⇒ 騷鬧 | [ saō naò ] noisy, a racket |
| ⇒ 鬧鬧攘攘 | [ naò naò rǎng rǎng ] to create an uproar |