Chinese word dictionary

弄瓦

nòng wǎ · (literary) to have a baby girl; to celebrate the birth of a daughter

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Word information

Simplified弄瓦

Traditional弄瓦

Pinyinnòng wǎ

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

弄nòng

to do; to mock, to tease; to play with

瓦wǎ

tile; pottery, earthenware

How to learn 弄瓦

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Words with the same characters

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弄nòng

old variant of 弄[nong4]; to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with

嘲弄cháonòng

to tease; to poke fun at; to make fun of

弄虚作假nòngxū-zuòjiǎ

to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

瓦wǎ

roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]

瓦解wǎjiě

to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up

玩弄wánnòng

to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to