nàotiāner

闹天儿

Word · VerbTraditional鬧天兒

turn nasty (weather); rain or snow

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

(of weather) to turn bad, especially to rain or snow

dialect

Chiefly used in northern Chinese dialects, especially Beijing dialect. Describes inclement weather conditions characterized by precipitation.

Yī一
lián连
hǎo好
jǐ几
tiān天
dōu都
nào闹
tiān天
er儿
 ,
hǎo好
róng容
yì易
cái才
yù遇
jiàn见
zhè这
me么
yī一
gè个
qíng晴
tiān天
r儿
 。

The weather has been nasty for several days straight; it was hard-won to finally meet with such a sunny day.

Bié别
chū出
mén门
le了
 ,
wài外
miàn面
zhèng正
nào闹
tiān天
er儿
ne呢
 。

Don't go out; it's turning nasty outside right now.

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Yī一
dào到
zhōu周
mò末
jiù就
nào闹
tiān天
er儿
 ,
nǎ哪
r儿
yě也
qù去
bù不
liǎo了
 。

It always turns bad weather as soon as the weekend arrives, so we can't go anywhere.

Zhè这
jǐ几
tiān天
lǎo老
shì是
nào闹
tiān天
er儿
 ,
zhēn真
fán烦
rén人
 。

The weather has been awful these past few days; it's really annoying.