Troublesome in Chinese
troublesome · HSK 4
麻烦
- 麻 hemp
- 烦 annoyed
Counted with 个: 一个麻烦
这件事太麻烦了，我不想做。 This is too much trouble; I don't want to do it.
Other ways to say troublesome
More words with 麻 or 烦
How do you say troublesome in Chinese?
Troublesome in Chinese is 麻烦 (má fan). You can also say 头痛 (tóu tòng).
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?
The CC-CEDICT 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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