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麻烦

má fan · ma fan

Traditional 麻煩

HSK 3Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. trouble; inconvenience
  2. inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
  3. to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
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A heavy bag

  1. Dengdeng

    麻烦(máfan)你(nǐ)，能(néng)帮(bāng)我(wǒ)拿(ná)一下(yīxià)包(bāo)吗(ma)？

    Sorry to trouble you, can you hold my bag for a moment?

  2. Liangliang

    不(bù)麻烦(máfan)，给(gěi)我(wǒ)吧(ba)。

    No trouble. Give it to me.

  3. Dengdeng

    谢谢(xièxie)！这个(zhège)包(bāo)太(tài)重(zhòng)了(le)。

    Thanks! This bag is too heavy.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)包(bāo)里(lǐ)是(shì)什么(shénme)？这么(zhème)重(zhòng)。

    What is in your bag? So heavy.

  5. Dengdeng

    是(shì)三(sān)本(běn)书(shū)和(hé)一(yī)个(gè)西瓜(xīguā)。

    Three books and a watermelon.

  6. Liangliang

    西瓜(xīguā)？你(nǐ)真(zhēn)是(shì)个(gè)大(dà)麻烦(máfan)！

    A watermelon? You are a real big trouble!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

能(néng)不(bu)能(néng)麻(má)烦(fan)你(nǐ)告(gào)诉(sù)我(wǒ)去(qù)邻(lín)村(cūn)怎(zěn)么(me)走(zǒu)？

Sorry, but can you show me the way to the next village?

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

尽(jǐn)量(liàng)避(bì)免(miǎn)制(zhì)造(zào)任(rèn)何(hé)更(gèng)多(duō)的(de)麻(má)烦(fan)。

Try to avoid making any more trouble.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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麻
má

generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials

烦
fán

to feel vexed; to bother

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