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麻烦

má fan
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Adjective Very common

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Definitions

  1. 1. trouble; inconvenience
  2. 2. inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
  3. 3. to bother sb; to put sb to trouble

Usage notes

Collocations

Often used with 添 (tiān) in 添麻烦 (cause trouble) or 怕 (pà) in 怕麻烦 (fear trouble).

Common mistakes

Don't use 麻烦 to mean 'difficult'; use 难 for task difficulty. 麻烦 is about inconvenience or bother.

Example Sentences

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这件事情很 麻烦
This matter is very troublesome.
麻烦
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10260720)
他有 麻烦
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 846507)
麻烦 你啦。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 374667)

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