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不耐烦

búnàifán

impatient

HSK 5 · Topic “Feelings and relations”
A person waiting by a clock
Memory picture

Characters in this word

不 bù

Strokes
4
Radical
一 — one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

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

  • 他不耐烦了。 Tā bú nàifán le. He is getting impatient.
  • 别不耐烦。 Bié bú nàifán. Do not be impatient.
  • 我有点不耐烦。 Wǒ yǒudiǎn bú nàifán. I am a little impatient.

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