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烦 fán

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烦 fán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fán | fan2
English translation
to feel vexed
to bother
to trouble
superfluous and confusing
edgy
to bother, to trouble, to vex

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About 烦 fán

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

煩 fán

Contains the radical

火 Huǒ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of 烦 fán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰火页

Semantic compound

火 Huǒ

Phonetic compound

页 yè

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 火 Huǒ represents the meaning and 页 yè represents the sound. Simplified form of 煩 fán .

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Example sentences using 烦 fán

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我 wǒ 终因无聊 wúliáo 厌烦 yàn fán ,憋 biē 得 dé 面 miàn 呈 chéng 死 sǐ 色 sè .

My face turns dead with boredom.

起先 qǐ xiān 听见 tīng jiàn 他 tā 拽 yè 木头 mùtou ,闹 nào 得 dé 我 wǒ 心烦 xīn fán .

At first the sound of the boy dragging brush annoyed me.

一方面 yī fāng miàn ,我 wǒ 特别 tèbié 想 xiǎng 吃 chī 辣 là 的 de , 可 kě 另一方面 lìng yī fāng miàn , 我 wǒ 又 yòu 怕 Pà 麻烦 máfan .

Either food that you choose is fine by me . Italian , Chinese, sandwiches.

他 tā 说话 shuōhuà 啰唆 luōsuō ,叫 jiào 我们 wǒmen 烦 fán 厌 yàn .

We became bored with his verbosity.

盖茨 Gài cí 比 Bǐ 的 de 脚 jiǎo 不耐烦 bùnàifán 地连敲 qiāo 了 le 几 jī 声 shēng , 引起 yǐnqǐ 汤姆 Tāng mǔ 突然 tūrán 瞧 qiáo 了 le 他 tā 一 yī 眼 yǎn .

Gatsby's foot beat a short , restless tattoo and Tom eyed him suddenly.

Words with 烦 fán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
麻烦 máfan inconvenient麻煩
烦 fán to bother煩 fán
烦恼 fánnǎo to be worried煩惱
烦躁 fán zào jittery煩躁
烦人 fán rén to annoy煩人
心烦 xīn fán to feel agitated心煩
惹麻烦 rě má fan to create difficulties惹麻煩
厌烦 yàn fán bored厭煩
不耐烦 bùnàifán impatience不耐煩
找麻烦 zhǎo má fan to look for trouble找麻煩
心烦意乱 xīn fán yì luàn lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom); distraught with anxiety心煩意亂
添麻烦 tiān má fan to inconvenience添麻煩
不厌其烦 bù yàn qí fán to take great pains不厭其煩
自找麻烦 zì zhǎo má fan to ask for trouble自找麻煩
烦闷 fán mèn moody煩悶
烦琐 fán suǒ tedious煩瑣
烦扰 fán rǎo to bother煩擾
自寻烦恼 zì xún fán nǎo to bring trouble on oneself (idiom)自尋煩惱
烦忧 fán yōu to worry煩憂
烦乱 fán luàn anxious煩亂
劳烦 láo fán to inconvenience勞煩
耐烦 nài fán patient (not impatient)耐煩
不胜其烦 bù shèng qí fán to be pestered beyond endurance不勝其煩

烦 fán Decomposition & Compounds

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烦 fán Decomposition

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