弄 nòng

1. nòng verb to play with / to fool with
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC nòng '弄' v 1; GHD '弄' 1; NCCED nòng '弄' 1)
2. lòng noun lane / alley
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect 方言
   Notes: (ABC lòng '弄' bf; NCCED lòng '弄')
3. nòng verb to do / to manage / to handle
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 做 or 搞 (ABC nòng '弄' v 2; GHD '弄' 5; NCCED nòng '弄' 2)
4. nòng verb to fetch / to get
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC nòng '弄' v 3; NCCED nòng '弄' 3)
5. nòng verb to play tricks
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 作弄 (ABC nòng '弄' v 4; GHD '弄' 2)
6. nòng verb to play a musical instrument
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHD '弄' 3)
7. nòng verb to perform
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 表演 (GHD '弄' 4)
8. nòng verb to play with / to fool with
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Z variant of 弄 (Unihan '弄')

Contained in

• 弄虚作假(弄虛作假) to practice fraud / by trickery
• 玩弄 to play with
• 弄字底 name of Kangxi radical 55
• 班门弄斧(班門弄斧) to display one's slight skill before an expert
• 捉弄 to tease
• 弄权(弄權) to misuse power
• 弄堂 an alley
• 弄臣 minister for entertainment
• 戏弄(戲弄) to play tricks on / to make fun of / to tease
• 弄懂 to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out
• 弄明白 to figure out how to do something
• 搬弄 to fiddle with / to play and move something about / to show off (what one can do) / to parade (one's capabilities) / to cause trouble
• 卖弄(賣弄) to show off / to make a display of
• 搬弄是非 to incite a quarrel / to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
• 作弄 to tease / to play tricks on
• 愚弄 to make a fool out of / to fool / to dupe
• 弄到 to get hold of / to obtain / to secure / to come by
• 拨弄(撥弄) to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up
• 弄坏(弄壞) to ruin / to spoil / to break
• 嘲弄 to tease / to poke fun at / to make fun of
• 弄错(弄錯) to err / to get wrong / to miscalculate / to misunderstand
• 弄乱(弄亂) to mess up / to put into disorder / to meddle with / to confuse
• 弄通 to get a good grasp of
• 弄丢(弄丟) to lose
• 耍弄 to play with / to engage in / to resort to / to dally with
• 挑弄 to incite / to provoke / to tease
• 弄僵 to bring to deadlock / to result in a stalemate
• 弄伤(弄傷) to bruise / to hurt (something)
• 摆弄(擺弄) to move back and forth / to fiddle with
• 巷弄 alley / lane
• 弄醒 to wake up
• 弄脏(弄髒) to make dirty / to defile / to smear
• 弄直 to straighten
• 调弄(調弄) to tease / to make fun of / to provoke / to stir up (trouble)
• 舞弄 to wave / to brandish
• 侮弄 to mock / to bully and insult
• 弄清 to clarify / to fully understand
• 弄死 to kill / to put to death
• 播弄 to order people about / to stir up / to sow discord
• 逗弄 to provoke / to tease
• 舞文弄墨 to play with ink without civilization
• 丢眉弄眼(丟眉弄眼) to throw a glance at / to tempt or provoke with a facial expression
• 挤眉弄眼(擠眉弄眼) raise eyebrows and make eyes
• 弄璋 to play with a jade ornament
• 丢眉弄色(丟眉弄色) to wink at sb
• 呼弄 to fool / to deceive
• 唬弄 to fool / to deceive
• 弄不懂 unable to make sense of

Also contained in

棄宗弄贊 、 巴吉弄 、 弄物不知名

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