Chinese word dictionary

闹掰

nào bāi · (dialect) to have a falling-out (with sb)

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Word information

Simplified闹掰

Traditional鬧掰

Pinyinnào bāi

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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闹nào

busy, lively; to dispute, to quarrel

掰bāi

to rip, to tear

How to learn 闹掰

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Words with the same characters

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热闹rènao

bustling with noise and excitement; lively

闹nào

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; variant of 鬧|闹[nao4]

闹钟nàozhōng

alarm clock

掰bāi

to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)

胡闹húnào

to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble

闹事nàoshì

to cause trouble; to create a disturbance