Chinese word dictionary

抚弄

fǔ nòng · to fondle; to caress; to stroke

Practice word

Word information

Simplified抚弄

Traditional撫弄

Pinyinfǔ nòng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

抚fǔ

to pat, to console; to stroke, to caress

弄nòng

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

How to learn 抚弄

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

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

安抚ānfǔ

to placate; to pacify; to appease

嘲弄cháonòng

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

抚摸fǔmō

to gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle

抚恤fǔxù

(of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury

抚养fǔyǎng

to foster; to bring up; to raise