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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 弄

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
弄 lòng - lane
- alley
弄 nòng - to do
- to manage
- to handle
- to play with
- to fool with
- to mess with
- to fix
- to toy with
弄 nòng - old variant of 弄[nong4]
弄 lòng - variant of 弄[long4]

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
4 2 271 1,636 710

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 玉 廾

Radical:

廾

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Two hands 廾 playing with a piece of jade 玉; 廾 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 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
弄 4 2 271 1,636 710
玩弄 6 - 5,592 16,505 12,366
弄清 - - 7,673 15,905 28,484
愚弄 - - 8,042 32,901 23,835
捉弄 - - 9,109 27,626 18,550
糊弄 - - 9,175 28,713 16,940
摆弄 - - 10,143 25,267 21,928
戏弄 - - 11,281 32,910 27,427
嘲弄 - 8 11,737 33,549 35,999
卖弄 - 8 12,497 31,798 19,297
里弄 - - 13,510 32,978 27,064
作弄 - - 17,863 54,732 36,396
耍弄 - - 27,218 71,876 56,646
拨弄 - - 32,505 46,861 44,140
弄巧成拙 - - 33,037 49,400 43,007
搔首弄姿 - - 33,863 64,452 43,037
搬弄是非 - - 37,290 65,010 31,608
装神弄鬼 - - 37,529 62,197 54,117
故弄玄虚 - - 39,123 52,496 45,766
抚弄 - - 40,254 67,814 74,513
弄虚作假 - 9 40,300 19,307 38,786
弄僵 - - 47,080 - 106,659
逗弄 - - 48,445 65,353 67,076
挤眉弄眼 - - 49,870 59,396 47,681
舞文弄墨 - - 51,011 85,479 80,524
弄堂 - - 51,225 33,018 24,098
班门弄斧 - - 51,317 73,584 57,734
弄臣 - - 57,994 - 89,301
含饴弄孙 - - 59,506 - 115,062
舞弄 - - 59,721 - 87,474
盘弄 - - 67,949 - 100,859
调弄 - - 91,417 - -