(nòng) - to do, to get, to handle, to mess with (informal) in Mandarin
nòngTraditional: 弄
Translation
to do, to get, to handle, to mess with (informal)
Word origin
弄 (nòng) 'to handle, to do, to mess with' is an ideograph showing 玉 'jade' held by two hands (廾) below, depicting hands playing with or fiddling with a precious object.
- Origin
- ideograph
- Root
- 玉 (jade) + 廾 (two hands)
Stroke order
弄
Examples
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You have made your clothes dirty.
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Have you sorted this out?
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Don't make things even more complicated.
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Don't break it.
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I lost the book.
弄 (nòng) - to do, to get, to handle, to mess with (informal).
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