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麻煩

trouble

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

ma2fan5 • máfan

Alternative Pinyin

ma2fan2 • máfán

Meaning

Primary

trouble

Alternatives

troubles, troublesome, inconvenience, bother

Mnemonic

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

Usage

對不起， 給 你 添 麻煩 了。

Sorry to give you so much trouble.

這 點 小事 不要 去 麻煩 他 了。

Don't trouble him with this trifle.

省卻 不少 麻煩

save a lot of trouble