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烦

fán

HSK 4 Character Traditional 煩

What 烦 means

1. to feel vexed
2. to bother
3. to trouble
4. superfluous and confusing
5. edgy

Example sentences

• 别烦我！
  Leave me alone!
• 烦死人。
  What a pain!
• 真烦人。
  How annoying!
• 真麻烦。
  How annoying.
• 别来烦我。
  Don't bother me.
• 他有麻烦。
  He is in trouble.

Words starting with 烦

• 烦恼fán nǎoto be worried; to be distressed; worries
• 烦躁fán zàojittery; twitchy; fidgety
• 烦闷fán mènmoody; gloomy
• 烦琐fán suǒtedious; convoluted; fiddly
• 烦心fán xīnannoying; vexing
• 烦乱fán luànanxious; agitated
• 烦心事fán xīn shìtroubles; worries; sth on one's mind
• 烦人fán rénto annoy; annoying; irritating
• 烦劳fán láoto put sb to trouble (of doing sth); vexation; inconvenience
• 烦扰fán rǎoto bother; to disturb; to vex
• 烦请fán qǐng(courteous) would you please ...
• 烦杂fán zámany and disorderly; muddled
• 烦忧fán yōuto worry; to fret
• 烦冗fán rǒngdiverse and complicated (of one's affairs); prolix (of speech, writing etc)
• 烦冤fán yuānfrustrated; agitated; distressed
• 烦腻fán nìfed up

Words containing 烦

• 麻烦má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb…
• 不耐烦bù nài fánimpatient; to lose patience
• 厌烦yàn fánbored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
• 不厌其烦bù yàn qí fánnot to mind taking all the trouble (idiom); to take great pains; to be very patient
• 心烦xīn fánto feel agitated; to be troubled; to be annoyed
• 添麻烦tiān má fanto cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience
• 心烦意乱xīn fán yì luànlit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom); distraught with anxiety
• 找麻烦zhǎo má fanto look for trouble
• 惹麻烦rě má fanto create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble
• 腻烦nì fanbored; to be fed up with; sick and tired of sth
• 劳烦láo fánto inconvenience; to trouble (sb with a request)
• 耐烦nài fánto put up with (sth disagreeable)
• 磨烦mò fanto pester; to bother sb incessantly; to delay
• 耐心烦nài xīn fán(colloquial) patience
• 不胜其烦bù shèng qí fánto be pestered beyond endurance
• 自找麻烦zì zhǎo má fanto ask for trouble; to invite difficulties
• 要言不烦yào yán bù fánto explain in simple terms; succinct; concise
• 活得不耐烦huó de bù nài fánto be tired of living; (colloquial) to be asking for trouble
• 惹人心烦rě rén xīn fánto annoy people; to be a pain in the neck
• 自寻烦恼zì xún fán nǎoto bring trouble on oneself (idiom)
• 心烦气躁xīn fán qì zàoagitated; annoyed (idiom)
• 絮烦xù fánboring prattle
• 娄烦县Lóu fán XiànLoufan, a county in Taiyuan City 太原市
• 眼不见，心不烦yǎn bù jiàn , xīn bù fánwhat the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)

Characters built on 页

These share the phonetic component 页 (yè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 颁bānto promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 颜yáncolor; face; countenance
• 颤chànto tremble; to shiver; to shake
• 顽wánmischievous; obstinate; to play
• 颔hànchin; to nod (one's assent)
• 颟māndawdling
• 顸hāndawdling

Characters that look like 烦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 续xùto continue; to replenish
• 绩jìto spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 颁bānto promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 埋máito bury
• 颈jǐngneck
• 殒yǔn(literary) to perish; to die

Sounds the same

Read fán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 繁complicated; many; in great numbers
• 凡ordinary; commonplace; mundane
• 樊(literary) fence
• 蕃luxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce
• 矾alum
• 燔burn; to roast meat for sacrifice
• 钒vanadium (chemistry)
• 笲osier basket of brides
• 氾used in given names and as a surname
• 籵dm
• 璠(gem)
• 蹯paws of animal