恼 (nǎo): annoyed
恼 (nǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “annoyed.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic), 亠 (structural) and 凶 (structural). It ranks #1689 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 恼 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- annoyed
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticheart
Decomposition: ⿰忄⿱亠凶 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 恼
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恼火verb | nǎo huǒ | annoyed |
| 苦恼adjective | kǔ nǎo | vexed |
| 惹恼verb | rě nǎo | to make sb angry |
| 恼人adjective | nǎo rén | annoying |
| 恼怒verb | nǎo nù | resentful |
| 懊恼adjective | ào nǎo | annoyed |
| 自寻烦恼 | zì xún fán nǎo | to bring trouble on oneself (idiom) |
| 恼羞成怒phrase | nǎo xiū chéng nù | (idiom) to become enraged over a perceived humiliation |
| 气恼verb | qì nǎo | to be annoyed |
| 恼恨verb | nǎo hèn | to hate and resent |
| 可恼adjective | kě nǎo | aggravating |
| 着恼 | zhuó nǎo | to be enraged |
| 羞恼adjective | xiū nǎo | resentful |
恼 appears in 14 compound words: 36 as the first character, 64 as the last, and 0 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 恼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
电脑又死机了，这让我很恼火，已经丢失了很多数据。
Diànnǎo yòu sǐjī le, zhè ràng wǒ hěn nǎohuǒ, yǐjīng diūshī le hěn duō shùjù.
The computer crashed again, which annoys me a lot; I've already lost a lot of data.
与损友们共同编织的单元剧，则照例放飞自我，总能让人抛开烦恼，毫无顾忌地开怀大笑。
yǔ sǔn yǒu men gòng tóng biān zhī de dān yuán jù , zé zhào lì fàng fēi zì wǒ , zǒng néng ràng rén pāo kāi fán nǎo , háo wú gù jì dì kāi huái dà xiào .
The anthology series created with my troublemaking friends, as always, lets us let loose—it always helps us forget our troubles and laugh our hearts out without a care in the world.
建造一些能让埃隆 · 马斯克感到烦恼的东西。
jiàn zào yī xiē néng ràng Āi lóng mǎ sī kè gǎn dào fán nǎo de dōng xī .
Build something that will give Elon Musk a headache.
谁让初代产品做的太好，给下一代制造了甜蜜的烦恼。
shéi ràng chū dài chǎn pǐn zuò de tài hǎo , gěi xià yī dài zhì zào le tián mì de fán nǎo .
The first-generation product was so well-made that it created a "pleasant dilemma" for the next generation.
从细碎烦恼中解脱的智慧
cóng xì suì fán nǎo zhōng jiě tuō de zhì huì
The Wisdom of Freeing Oneself from Trivial Worries
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
汤姆，把烦恼忘掉吧。
Tāngmǔ, bǎ fánnǎo wàngdiào ba.
Hey, Tom, forget about your worries.
现在有什么烦恼的事情吗？
Xiànzài yǒu shénme fánnǎo de shìqing ma?
Is there anything that worries you right now?
能付出爱心就是福，能消除烦恼就是慧。
Néng fùchū àixīn jiùshì fú, néng xiāochú fánnǎo jiùshì huì.
Knowing how to love is success; knowing how to relax is wisdom.
他为了惹恼我故意犯错。
Tā wèile rěnǎo wǒ gùyì fàncuò.
He made mistakes on purpose to annoy me.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 忄 (heart) component
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