Trouble in Chinese
to trouble · HSK 6
困扰
- 困 sleepy
- 扰 to disturb
失眠一直困扰着他。 Insomnia has been troubling him all along.
Other ways to say trouble
More words with 困 or 扰
How do you say trouble in Chinese?
Trouble in Chinese is 困扰 (kùn rǎo). You can also say 事 (shì), 烦 (fán), 麻烦 (má fan), 情况 (qíng kuàng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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