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麻烦

máfan

troublesome; to bother

HSK 3 · Topic “Standards and fit”
A person carrying tangled papers
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Characters in this word

麻 má

Strokes
11
Radical
麻 — hemp, flax, sesame
Made of
广 broad, vast, wide 林 forest, grove
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 麻

烦 fán

Strokes
10
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这事很麻烦。 Zhè shì hěn máfan. This matter is a lot of trouble.
  • 别麻烦他。 Bié máfan tā. Do not bother him.
  • 麻烦你等下。 Máfan nǐ děng xià. Could you wait a bit, please.

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