烦 (fán): to feel vexed, to bother, to trouble
烦 (fán) is a Chinese character meaning “to feel vexed.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 火 (semantic) and 页 (phonetic). It ranks #1246 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 烦 fire. Its radical form 火 (fire) appears in many related characters such as 火 (huǒ, fire), 灯 (dēng, lamp, light), 烟 (yān, smoke).
Definitions
- to feel vexed
- to bother
- to trouble
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 烦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 麻烦adjective/verb/noun | má fan | trouble | 4 |
| 烦恼adjective | fán nǎo | to be worried | 4 |
| 不耐烦adjective | bù nài fán | impatient | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惹麻烦verb | rě má fan | to create difficulties |
| 烦人adjective | fán rén | to annoy |
| 厌烦verb | yàn fán | bored |
| 心烦adjective | xīn fán | to feel agitated |
| 找麻烦 | zhǎo má fan | to look for trouble |
| 烦心adjective | fán xīn | annoying |
| 添麻烦verb | tiān má fan | to cause trouble for sb |
| 心烦意乱phrase | xīn fán yì luàn | lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom) |
| 烦躁adjective | fán zào | jittery |
| 自找麻烦 | zì zhǎo má fan | to ask for trouble |
| 烦扰verb | fán rǎo | to bother |
| 自寻烦恼 | zì xún fán nǎo | to bring trouble on oneself (idiom) |
| 不厌其烦phrase | bù yàn qí fán | not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom) |
| 烦乱adjective | fán luàn | anxious |
| 烦闷adjective | fán mèn | moody |
烦 appears in 41 compound words: 39 as the first character, 51 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 烦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
这件事真让人烦恼，不知道该怎么解决。
Zhè jiàn shì zhēn ràng rén fánnǎo, bù zhīdào gāi zěnme jiějué.
This matter is really troubling; I don't know how to solve it.
产评:金融市已没耐烦 特朗普狗急跳墙
chǎn píng : jīn róng shì yǐ méi nài fán tè lǎng pǔ gǒu jí tiào qiáng
Market Commentary: Financial Markets Have Lost Patience; Trump Is Desperate
《真爱找麻烦》林欣霈身体2警讯 健检发现罹癌悲喊:为...
zhēn ài zhǎo má fán lín xīn 霈 shēn tǐ jǐng xùn jiàn jiǎn fā xiàn 罹 ái bēi hǎn wéi . . .
"True Love Finds Trouble" Lin Xinpei's body 2 warning signs Health check-up found that she had cancer and screamed: for...
为何职场小人找麻烦?“4大NG风水格局”快看你中了没
wéi hé zhí chǎng xiǎo rén zhǎo má fán ? dà fēng shuǐ gé jú kuài kàn nǐ zhōng le méi
Why are the villains in the workplace looking for trouble?" 4 NG feng shui patterns "Let's see if you have been hit."
上班族最烦恼的十大时刻揭晓 看到一半超有共鸣
shàng bān zú zuì fán nǎo de shí dà shí kè jiē xiǎo kàn dào yī bàn chāo yǒu gòng míng
The top ten most troublesome moments of office workers are revealed Seeing half of them is super resonant
...大闹日本旅店!高砂屋暖回:不会把台人当麻烦制造者
. . . dà nào rì běn lǚ diàn ! gāo shā wū nuǎn huí bù huì bǎ tái rén dāng má fán zhì zào zhě
...Riot at Japanese Inn! Takasago Inn Responds: We Won't Treat Taiwanese as Troublemakers
汤姆是不是麻烦事很多？
Tāngmǔ shìbùshì máfan shì hěn duō?
Is Tom in a lot of trouble?
麻烦了，请给我一把汤勺好吗？
Máfan le, qǐng gěi wǒ yī bǎ tāng sháo hǎo ma?
Excuse me, may I have a spoon?
可以麻烦你把窗关了吗？
Kěyǐ máfan nǐ bǎ chuāng guān le ma?
May I trouble you to shut the window?
新教徒对圣经感到厌烦了吗?
Xīnjiàotú duì Shèngjīng gǎndào yànfán le ma?
Are Protestants tired of the Bible?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 火 (fire) component
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