HSK 4 · Verbs

弄 nòng “to do” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 弄 means

  1. to do
  2. to make
  3. to handle
  4. to get
  5. to manage
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to play with
  • to fool with
  • to mess with

How to say 弄

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale弄nòng4th tone, falling

弄 in a sentence

  1. 我在哪儿可以弄到电话卡？

    Wǒ zài nǎr kěyǐ nòng dào diànhuàkǎ?

    Where can I get a phone card?

    Sentence #334845 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他弄丢了电影票。

    Tā nòng diū le diànyǐngpiào.

    He lost his cinema ticket.

    Sentence #667352 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我没弄明白这个笑话。

    Wǒ méi nòng míngbai zhè ge xiàohua.

    I didn’t get the joke.

    Sentence #399391 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 弄 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 弄 (nòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
弄nòngto do
  • 玉jade · yù
  • 廾two hands · gǒng

How to write 弄

弄 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

弄 (nòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 弄 (nòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 弄

Words with 弄

玩弄wánnòng · to play with

More words: Common Verbs

连lián · even (连…都/也)留liú · to stay免费miǎnfèi · free (of charge)迷路mílù · to lose the way排队páiduì · to line up排列páiliè · to arrange in order陪péi · to accompany骗piàn · to cheat

FAQs

弄 (nòng) means “to do” or “to make”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it nòng: nòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 弄 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 弄 from the suggestions. Typing nong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
弄 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.