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不耐烦

bù nài fán

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 3-character word Traditional 不耐煩

不耐烦 (bù nài fán) means "impatient". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 不耐烦 means

1. impatient
2. to lose patience

The characters in 不耐烦

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 耐nài(bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
• 烦fánto feel vexed; to bother; to trouble

Example sentences

• 爸爸今天不耐烦。
  Dad's in an impatient mood today.
• 爸爸今天很不耐烦。
  Bàba jīntiān hěn bù nàifán.
  Dad's in an impatient mood today.
• 我们越等越不耐烦。
  Wǒmen yuè děng yuè bù nàifán.
  The longer we waited, the more impatient we became.
• 母亲从来没有因为我们而不耐烦。
  Mǔqīn cóngláiméiyǒu yīnwèi wǒmen ér bù nàifán.
  Mother is never impatient with us.

Where 不耐烦 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Conflict, Anger & Frustration (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù nài fán correctly.
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