作弄

zuònòng
  1. to tease
  2. to play tricks on

CEDICT

to tease; to make a fool of; to play a trick on; to poke fun at

Wiktionary

  1. 戲弄。
  2. 故意播弄。
  3. 謀害。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 作 zuò
  1. to do; to engage in
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to pretend; to feign
  4. to regard as; to consider to be
  5. to be; to act the part of
  6. to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
  7. writings; works
=2 弄 nòng
  1. to do
  2. to manage
  3. to handle
  4. to play with
  5. to fool with
  6. to mess with
  7. to fix
  8. to toy with
=2 弄 nòng old variant of 弄 nòng

Related entries

嘲弄 cháonòng
  1. to tease
  2. to poke fun at
  3. to make fun of
你别嘲弄他们。

You ought not to make fun of them.

Source: Tatoeba

嬲 niǎo
  1. to tease
  2. to disturb
捉弄 zhuōnòng to tease
不要捉弄老人家。

Don't make fun of old people.

Source: Tatoeba

撩 liáo
  1. to tease
  2. to provoke
  3. to stir up (emotions)
調弄 tiáonòng
  1. to tease
  2. to make fun of
  3. to provoke
  4. to stir up (trouble)
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