弄
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to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #972 U+5F04
How 弄 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two hands 廾 playing with a piece of jade 玉; 廾 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
play with · Heisig RSH #615
ball + two hands
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 弄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弄明白 | nòng míng bai | to figure out how to do something |
| 弄不清 | nòng bu qīng | unable to figure out |
| 弄假成真 | nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn | pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make i… |
| 弄到手 | nòng dào shǒu | to get in hand; to get (one's) hands on; to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire) |
| 装神弄鬼 | zhuāng shén nòng guǐ | (lit.) to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); (fig.) to create a fa… |
| 弄平 | nòng píng | to flatten |
| 里弄 | lǐ lòng | lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chi… |
| 弄通 | nòng tōng | to get a good grasp of |
| 作弄 | zuò nòng | to tease; to play tricks on |
| 弄虚作假 | nòng xū zuò jiǎ | to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery |
| 弄死 | nòng sǐ | to kill; to put to death |
| 弄清 | nòng qīng | to clarify; to fully understand |
| 调弄 | tiáo nòng | to tease; to make fun of; to provoke; to stir up (trouble) |
| 弄直 | nòng zhí | to straighten |
| 弄走 | nòng zǒu | (coll.) to take (sth) away; to get rid of |
| 盘弄 | pán nòng | to play around with; to fidget; to fondle |
| 倒弄 | dǎo nong | to move (things around); to buy and sell at a profit (derog.) |
| 舞文弄墨 | wǔ wén nòng mò | (idiom) to display one's facility with words; to show off one's literary skills; (original… |
| 弄到 | nòng dào | to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by |
| 弄瓦 | nòng wǎ | (literary) to have a baby girl; to celebrate the birth of a daughter |