糊弄

hùnong

verb #9,175

Meanings

1 to fool; to deceive; to hoodwink
2 to do something sloppily; to get by with shoddy work

Characters

to muddle; to paste over

to do; to handle (colloquial suffix)

Examples

别想糊弄我。

Bié xiǎng hùnong wǒ.

Don't try to fool me.

这份作业是糊弄出来的。

Zhè fèn zuòyè shì hùnong chūlái de.

This homework was slapped together carelessly.

你可以糊弄别人，但糊弄不了自己。

Nǐ kěyǐ hùnong biérén, dàn hùnong bù liǎo zìjǐ.

You can fool others, but you can't fool yourself.

Tips

register

糊弄 is colloquial and slightly informal. It carries a sense of being sneaky or lazy — either deceiving someone or cutting corners. More formal alternatives: 欺骗 (to deceive), 敷衍 (to be perfunctory).

Stroke Order

糊 hú

弄 nòng