麻
烦

Trouble in Chinese: 麻烦 (má fan)

má fan

trouble

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 麻煩2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1trouble; inconvenience
  2. 2inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
  3. 3to bother sb; to put sb to trouble

Stroke order

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麻
烦

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄚˊ

má

ㄇ/ mㄚ/ aˊ/ second tone

˙ㄈㄢ

fan

˙/ neutral toneㄈ/ fㄢ/ an

Simplified & traditional

麻烦

Simplified

麻煩

Traditional

Example sentences

See 麻烦 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 麻烦你啦。

    má fán nǐ lā。

    Sorry to trouble you.

  • 他有麻烦。

    tā yǒu má fán。

    He is in trouble.

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Related words

烦

fán

to feel vexed

麻

má

variant of 麻

烦恼

fán nǎo

to be worried

烦闷

fán mèn

moody

烦躁

fán zào

jittery

麻痹

má bì

paralysis

麻将

má jiàng

mahjong

麻辣

má là

hot and numbing

麻木

má mù

numb

麻醉

má zuì

anesthesia

厌烦

yàn fán

bored

芝麻

zhī ma

sesame (seed)

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