麻煩 (maa4 faan4 | ma2 fan5) : annoying, troublesome; hassle

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麻煩

maa4 faan4

ma2 fan5

annoying, troublesome; hassle

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 3,030,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

麻煩 / 麻烦

This word was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

麻 maa4 - hemp; flax; sesame; coarse
煩 faan4 - bother; vex; trouble; annoy

3 compounds containing this word:

麻煩你 - Could I trouble you...?
麻煩友 - an annoying/troublesome friend
麻煩讓一讓 - excuse me, please (please scoot, step aside)

Showing all 3 examples containing 麻煩

麻煩你翻譯呢句畀我聽粵
Would you mind translating this sentence for me?
[Lit. trouble you translate this sentence give me hear. [Marked as level 1 because this is a tremendously useful sentence for learners ;)]]

麻煩你畀杯白滾水我粵
I'd have to trouble you for a glass of plain water

條友仔掗掗拃拃噉，真係好鬼麻煩！粵
That over self-entitled person is really troublesome!

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

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*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *