Chinese word dictionary

逗弄

dòu nòng · to tease; to provoke; to play with (a child, animal etc)

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Word information

Simplified逗弄

Traditional逗弄

Pinyindòu nòng

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

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

逗dòu

to entice, to tempt; to arouse, to stir

弄nòng

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

How to learn 逗弄

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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

逗dòu

to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4])

嘲弄cháonòng

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

逗留dòuliú

to stay for a while; to sojourn

弄虚作假nòngxū-zuòjiǎ

to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

玩弄wánnòng

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