烦恼 meaning in English

fánnǎo

to be worried; to be distressed

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 煩惱19 strokes

Meaning of 烦恼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fánnǎo
  1. to be worried
  2. to be distressed
  3. worries

烦恼 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ,把bǎ烦fán恼nǎo忘wàng掉diào吧ba。
Hey, Tom, forget about your worries.
现xiàn在zài有yǒu什shén么me烦fán恼nǎo的de事shì情qíng吗ma?
Is there anything that worries you right now?
烦fán恼nǎo带dài不bù走zǒu明míng天tiān的de忧yōu虑lǜ, 但dàn却què拿ná走zǒu了le今jīn天tiān的de力lì量liàng。
Worrying doesn't take away tomorrow's concerns, but it does take away today's power.
你nǐ有yǒu这zhè烦fán恼nǎo多duō久jiǔ了le?
How long have you had this worry?
能néng付fù出chū爱ài心xīn就jiù是shì福fú,能néng消xiāo除chú烦fán恼nǎo就jiù是shì慧huì。
Knowing how to love is success; knowing how to relax is wisdom.

Stroke order for each character

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烦 fán · to feel vexed · 10 strokes

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恼 nǎo · angry · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 烦恼.

麻烦máfantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
不耐烦bù nàifánimpatient; to lose patience
厌烦yànfánbored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
苦恼kǔnǎovexed; distressed
烦躁fánzàojittery; twitchy
烦闷fánmènmoody; gloomy
恼羞成怒nǎoxiū-chéngnù(idiom) to become enraged over a perceived humiliation
惹麻烦rěmáfanto create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble
烦人fánrénto annoy; annoying
添麻烦tiānmáfanto cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience
心烦xīnfánto feel agitated; to be troubled
找麻烦zhǎomáfanto look for trouble

Questions about 烦恼

What does 烦恼 mean?

烦恼 (fánnǎo) means "to be worried; to be distressed" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 烦恼?

烦恼 is made of 2 characters: 烦 (10 strokes), 恼 (9 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 烦恼 an HSK word?

Yes. 烦恼 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 烦恼 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 烦恼 is written 煩惱.