# 闹事 (nàoshì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 闹事 (nàoshì) means “to cause trouble; to make a scene”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to cause trouble; to make a scene
- Pinyin: nàoshì (nao4 shi4)
- Traditional: 鬧事
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 警察很快制止了闹事的人。
  Jǐngchá hěn kuài zhìzhǐle nàoshì de rén.
  The police quickly stopped the people causing trouble.

## Characters

- [闹](https://hanziro.com/word/nao-noisy/) (nào): noisy; to make noise
- [事](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-matter/) (shì): matter; thing

https://hanziro.com/word/nao-shi-cause-trouble/

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