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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 作弄

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
作弄 zuò nòng - to tease
- to play tricks on

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 17,863 54,732 36,396

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zuō- (bound form) worker
- (bound form) workshop
- (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
zuò- to do; to engage in
- to write; to compose
- to pretend; to feign
- to regard as; to consider to be
- to be; to act the part of
- to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
- writings; works
lòng- lane
- alley
nòng- to do
- to manage
- to handle
- to play with
- to fool with
- to mess with
- to fix
- to toy with
nòng- old variant of 弄[nong4]
lòng- variant of 弄[long4]

Other Words Containing 作弄

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
作弄 - - 17,863 54,732 36,396