| 1 | 闹 | 閙 | nào | nao4 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke; variant of 闹 | | |
| 2 | 胡闹 | 胡鬧 | hú nào | hu2 nao4 | to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble | | |
| 3 | 吵闹 | 吵鬧 | chǎo nào | chao3 nao4 | noisy; raucous; to shout and scream | | |
| 4 | 喧闹 | 喧鬧 | xuān nào | xuan1 nao4 | to make a noise; noisy | | |
| 5 | 校闹 | 校鬧 | xiào nào | xiao4 nao4 | disruptive activities targeted at a school by an aggrieved party (neologism formed by analogy with 医闹 ) | | |
| 6 | 医闹 | 醫鬧 | yī nào | yi1 nao4 | (neologism c. 2013) organized disruption of healthcare facilities or verbal and physical abuse of medical staff, by an aggrieved patient or proxies such as family members or hired thugs, typically aimed at obtaining compensation | | |
| 7 | 闹洞房 | 鬧洞房 | nào dòng fáng | nao4 dong4 fang2 | disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds) | | |
| 8 | 闹忙 | 鬧忙 | nào máng | nao4 mang2 | (dialect) bustling; lively | | |
| 9 | 闹铃时钟 | 鬧鈴時鐘 | nào líng shí zhōng | nao4 ling2 shi2 zhong1 | alarm clock | | |
| 10 | 闹铃 | 鬧鈴 | nào líng | nao4 ling2 | alarm (clock) | | |
| 11 | 闹糊糊 | 鬧糊糊 | nào hú hu | nao4 hu2 hu5 | to cause trouble | | |
| 12 | 闹哄哄 | 鬧哄哄 | nào hōng hōng | nao4 hong1 hong1 | variant of 闹哄哄 ; clamorous; noisy; sensational; very exciting | | |
| 13 | 闹鬼 | 鬧鬼 | nào guǐ | nao4 gui3 | haunted | | |
| 14 | 闹房 | 鬧房 | nào fáng | nao4 fang2 | see 闹洞房 | | |
| 15 | 闹翻 | 鬧翻 | nào fān | nao4 fan1 | to have a falling out; to have a big argument | | |
| 16 | 闹肚子 | 鬧肚子 | nào dù zi | nao4 du4 zi5 | (coll.) to have diarrhea | | |
| 17 | 闹场 | 鬧場 | nào chǎng | nao4 chang3 | gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera; to create a disturbance | | |
| 18 | 闹别扭 | 鬧彆扭 | nào biè niu | nao4 bie4 niu5 | to be difficult with sb; to provoke disagreement; at loggerheads; to fall out with | | |
| 19 | 聚众闹事 | 聚眾鬧事 | jù zhòng nào shì | ju4 zhong4 nao4 shi4 | to assemble and create a disturbance (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 止闹按钮 | 止鬧按鈕 | zhǐ nào àn niǔ | zhi3 nao4 an4 niu3 | snooze button | | |
| 21 | 繁闹 | 繁鬧 | fán nào | fan2 nao4 | bustling | | |
| 22 | 大闹天宫 | 大鬧天宮 | dà nào tiān gōng | Da4 nao4 Tian1 gong1 | Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孙悟空 from the novel Journey to the West 西游记 | | |
| 23 | 大闹 | 大鬧 | dà nào | da4 nao4 | to cause havoc; to run amok | | |
| 24 | 大吵大闹 | 大吵大鬧 | dà chǎo dà nào | da4 chao3 da4 nao4 | to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss; to make a scene | | |
| 25 | 吵闹声 | 吵鬧聲 | chǎo nào shēng | chao3 nao4 sheng1 | noise | | |