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). 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
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 恼
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恼火 | nǎo huǒ | annoyed |
| 苦恼 | kǔ nǎo | vexed |
| 惹恼 | rě nǎo | to offend |
| 恼人 | nǎo rén | annoying |
| 恼怒 | nǎo nù | resentful |
| 懊恼 | ào nǎo | annoyed |
| 自寻烦恼 | zì xún fán nǎo | to bring trouble on oneself (idiom) |
| 恼羞成怒 | nǎo xiū chéng nù | (idiom) to become enraged over a perceived humiliation |
| 气恼 | qì nǎo | to be annoyed |
| 恼恨 | nǎo hèn | to hate and resent |
| 可恼 | kě nǎo | aggravating |
| 着恼 | zhuó nǎo | to be enraged |
| 羞恼 | 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.
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.
玛丽微笑，但是声音带着些许气恼。
Mǎlì wēixiào, dànshì shēngyīn dài zhe xiēxǔ qìnǎo.
Mary smiled, but her voice had some irritation in it.
生活中的烦恼在所难免。
Shēnghuó zhōng de fánnǎo zàisuǒnánmiǎn.
The troubles of life are inevitable.
梅格有时惹恼肯。
Méi gé yǒushí rěnǎo kěn.
Meg sometimes annoys Ken.
他们的烦恼是由一件琐碎的事而起的。
Tāmen de fánnǎo shì yóu yī jiàn suǒsuì de shì ér qǐ de.
Their trouble stems from a trifling matter.
Character Family
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