烦躁
fánzào
restless; irritable
Characters in this word
躁 zào
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- Made of
- 足 foot 喿 the sound of birds chirping
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 长时间等待结果让他越来越烦躁，几乎无法集中注意力。 Cháng shíjiān děngdài jiéguǒ ràng tā yuè lái yuè fánzào, jīhū wúfǎ jízhōng zhùyìlì. Waiting for the result for so long made him increasingly irritable, and he could barely concentrate.
- 天气太热，大家都变得有点烦躁。 Tiānqì tài rè, dàjiā dōu biàn de yǒudiǎn fánzào. The weather was so hot that everyone became a little irritable.
- 孩子饿了就容易烦躁，一直哭闹。 Háizi è le jiù róngyì fánzào, yìzhí kūnào. Children get fretful when hungry and keep crying and fussing.
Related words
- 麻烦 máfan troublesome; to bother
- 烦 fán annoyed; annoying
- 不耐烦 búnàifán impatient
- 不厌其烦 búyànqífán to be endlessly patient; to take great pains
- 烦闷 fánmèn depressed; gloomy; vexed
- 厌烦 yànfán to be fed up with; to be annoyed by
- 暴躁 bàozào irritable; hot-tempered
- 浮躁 fúzào restless; impetuous; impatient
- 急躁 jízào impatient; irritable
- 焦躁 jiāozào restless; agitated; irritable
- 慌乱 huāngluàn panicked; flustered; in disorder
- 沉闷 chénmèn oppressive; dull; stuffy