热闹 rènao▶ animado

Stroke order

热闹 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 热 — 10 strokes
• 闹 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. lively; bustling; full of activity
2. to make things lively; to have a good time
3. a scene of bustling activity; excitement

Example sentences

• 节日的街上很热闹。Jiérì de jiē shàng hěn rènao.The streets are lively during the festival.
• 这家饭馆晚上特别热闹。Zhè jiā fànguǎn wǎnshang tèbié rènao.This restaurant is especially lively in the evening.

Related words

• 热心entusiasta
• 热情Entusiasmo
• 热烈cálido
• 热爱Amar ardientemente
• 亲热Cariñoso
• 炎热Abrasador

热闹 is pronounced rènao and means “animado”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 热闹 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.