Come learn 3000+ Chinese characters with HanziHero!

→
HSK
3
麻烦

trouble

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

ma2fan5 • máfan

Alternative Pinyin

ma2fan2 • máfán

Meaning

Primary

trouble

Alternatives

troubles, troublesome, inconvenience, bother

Mnemonic

Someone 麻烦 troubles you by giving you a bunch of useless 麻 hemp so you sit there [5] silently 烦 annoyed.

Usage

对不起， 给 你 添 麻烦 了。

Sorry to give you so much trouble.

这 点 小事 不要 去 麻烦 他 了。

Don't trouble him with this trifle.

省却 不少 麻烦

save a lot of trouble