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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

愚弄

yúnòng

to make a fool out of

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to make a fool out of

02

to fool

03

to dupe

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 愚弄 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 愚弄 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

她愚弄了他。tā yú nòng le tā。

She fooled him.

停止愚弄你自己。tíng zhǐ yú nòng nǐ zì jǐ。

Stop making a fool of yourself.

我不喜欢被人愚弄。wǒ bù xǐ huān bèi rén yú nòng。

I don't like being made a fool of.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 愚弄.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 愚弄.

Directly before

  • 停止愚弄1
  • 邻居们愚弄1
  • 人愚弄1
  • 她愚弄1

Directly after

  • 愚弄了2
  • 愚弄你1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 愚弄

What does 愚弄 mean in Chinese?

愚弄 (yúnòng) means to make a fool out of.

How do you pronounce 愚弄?

愚弄 is pronounced yúnòng.

Is 愚弄 an HSK word?

愚弄 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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