麻烦

má fan

HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Adjective Very common

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Definitions

1. trouble; inconvenience
2. inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
3. to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
4. trouble; to trouble someone with a request

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 方便 fāng biàn 方便 fāng biàn convenient Inconvenient vs. convenient: convenient

Related words

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• 打扰 dǎ rǎo 打扰 dǎ rǎo to disturb To bother or disturb someone (verb): to disturb
• 复杂 fù zá 复杂 fù zá complicated Complicated; often leads to trouble: complicated

Synonyms

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• 烦人 fán rén 烦人 fán rén to annoy When describing something as annoying or bothersome: to annoy

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.

真 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)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.

Words Containing 麻烦

• 惹麻烦 惹麻烦 rě má fan: to create difficulties
• 找麻烦 找麻烦 zhǎo má fan: to look for trouble
• 添麻烦 添麻烦 tiān má fan: to cause trouble for sb
• 自找麻烦 自找麻烦 zì zhǎo má fan: to ask for trouble

Child Words of 麻烦

• 烦 烦 fán: to feel vexed
• 麻 麻 má: generic name for hemp, flax etc