tease; play tricks on
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to tease; to play tricks on; to make fun of
Standard reading is zuònòng, but in spoken language often pronounced as zuōnòng.
Nǐ你
bié别
zuò作
nòng弄
wǒ我
le了
，
wǒ我
zhī知
dào道
nǐ你
zài在
kāi开
wán玩
xiào笑
。
Don't tease me; I know you're joking.
Tā他
xǐ喜
huan欢
zuò作
nòng弄
xīn新
lái来
de的
tóng同
shì事
。
He likes to play tricks on new colleagues.
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Zhè这
bù不
shì是
zuò作
nòng弄
nǐ你
，
shì是
zhēn真
de的
。
This is not teasing you; it's real.