HSK 4 · Adjectives

热闹 rènao “bustling with noise and excitement” in Chinese

Traditional 熱鬧

What 热闹 means

  1. bustling with noise and excitement
  2. lively
  3. bustling
  4. full of activity
  5. to make things lively
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to have a good time
  • a scene of bustling activity
  • excitement

How to say 热闹

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale热rè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own闹naoneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

热闹 in a sentence

  1. 市场上到处都很热闹。

    Shìchǎng shàng dàochù dōu hěn rènao.

    The whole market is buzzing with life.

    Sentence #2141833 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个小镇不大，可是很热闹。

    Zhè ge xiǎozhèn bú dà, kěshì hěn rènao.

    This town isn’t big, but it’s very lively.

    Sentence #1510776 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 吃火锅的时候，气氛往往是非常热闹的。

    Chī huǒguō de shíhou, qìfēn wǎngwǎng shì fēicháng rènao de.

    The atmosphere is usually really lively when people eat hot pot.

    Sentence #4031880 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 热闹 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 热 (rè) with each of its parts in a different colour
热rèto warm up
  • 执to execute · zhíSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 执 (zhí) hints at the sound. Compare it with rè.

The character 闹 (nào) with each of its parts in a different colour
闹nàonoisylight in 热闹
  • 门gate · mén
  • 市city · shì

How to write 热闹

热 10 strokes · 闹 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 热闹

Words with 热

热rè · hot热情rèqíng · cordial热烈rèliè · enthusiastic热爱rè'ài · to love ardently热心rèxīn · enthusiastic亲热qīnrè · affectionate热门rèmén · popular炎热yánrè · scorching hot (weather)热泪盈眶rèlèiyíngkuàng · eyes brimming with tears

Words with 闹

无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào · to make trouble for no reason

More words: Adjectives

暖和nuǎnhuo · warm普遍pǔbiàn · universal轻松qīngsōng · relaxed穷qióng · poor深shēn · deep实际shíjì · actual帅shuài · handsome顺利shùnlì · smoothly

FAQs

热闹 (rènao) means “bustling with noise and excitement” or “lively”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it rènao: rè with a 4th tone, then nao with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 热闹 is written 熱鬧. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type renao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 热闹 from the suggestions. Typing renao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
热闹 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.