瞎闹 (xiā nào) — to act senselessly; to mess around; to fool around

Definition

瞎闹 means to act or play around without purpose — emphasizing reckless, silly behavior rather than real trouble. Stronger and more disapproving than 玩 (neutral 'to play'); 调皮 is mischief in character, while 瞎闹 is the chaotic act itself.

verb
to act senselesslyto mess aroundto fool around

Examples

  • 瞎闹，。
    Bié xiā nào le, gǎn jǐn bǎ zuò yè xiě wán.
    Stop messing around and finish your homework quickly.
  • 瞎闹，。
    Nǐ men zài jiào shì lǐ xiā nào, bèi lǎo shī pī píng le.
    You were fooling around in the classroom and got scolded by the teacher.
  • 瞎闹，。
    Tā zhěng tiān xiā nào, shén me shì dōu zuò bù chéng.
    He fools around all day and can't get anything done.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

瞎xiāblindly
闹nàomake a disturbance

Blindly (瞎) and disturbing (闹) combine into fooling around.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鬧; 闹 is its simplified writing.

  • 鬥鬥dòuto fight
  • 市市shìmarket; town

The traditional form 鬧 combines 鬥 (to fight) and 市 (market; town) to mean noisy.

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