鬧騰

Chinese

		make noise or disturbance	to soar; to gallop; to rise to soar; to gallop; to rise; to prance; to hover; to move out
trad. (鬧騰)		鬧	騰
simp. (闹腾)		闹	腾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nàoteng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁶ tang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-thn̂g / nāu-thêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nàoteng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˋ ˙ㄊㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nàote̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: nao⁴-tʻêng⁵
    • Yale: nàu-teng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naw.teng
    • Palladius: наотэн (naotɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰɤŋ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naau⁶ tang⁴
    • Yale: naauh tàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁶ tang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nao⁶ teng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²² tʰɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-thn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-thn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxt'ngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² tʰŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāu-thêng
    • Tâi-lô: nāu-thîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nauxteeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nãu²²⁻²¹ tʰiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nãu²²⁻²¹ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/

Verb

鬧騰

1. (colloquial) to make noise; to make a racket; to cause a disturbance
2. (colloquial) to enjoy oneself noisily
3. (colloquial) to set about a task