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烦躁

烦躁 (fán zào): Irritable / fretful (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

烦躁 consists of 2 characters.

to annoy, bother, or be vexed

restless, impetuous, agitated

Word Info

Pinyinfán zào

Meaningirritable / fretful

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxAdjective

Word烦躁

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 烦躁.

Words with 烦

烦恼fán nǎoHSK 4
麻烦má fanHSK 4
不耐烦bú nài fánHSK 5
厌烦yàn fánHSK 7-9
烦闷fán mènHSK 7-9
不厌其烦bù yàn qí fánHSK 7-9

Words with 躁

急躁jí zàoHSK 6
暴躁bào zàoHSK 7-9
浮躁fú zàoHSK 7-9
焦躁jiāo zàoHSK 7-9

3.

How to Use 烦躁 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 烦躁 with other words naturally.

Verb + Complementwith令人

lìng令

rén人

fán烦

zào躁

neutral

irritating

Subject + Predicatewith心情

xīn心

qíng情

fán烦

zào躁

Verb + Objectwith感到

gǎn感

dào到

fán烦

zào躁

Adjective + Complementwith不安

fán烦

zào躁

bù不

ān安

4.

Example Sentences with 烦躁

tiān天

qì气

hěn很

rè热

，

wǒ我

hěn很

fán烦

neutral

irritable mood

neutral

feel irritable

formal

Written

restless and irritable

zào躁

。

The weather is very hot, and I feel irritable.

chí持

xù续

de的

jiāo交

tōng通

zào噪

yīn音

ràng让

tā他

gǎn感

dào到

yì异

cháng常

fán烦

zào躁

，

wú无

fǎ法

jí集

zhōng中

jīng精

shén神

。

The constant traffic noise made him feel unusually irritable and unable to concentrate.

zài在

rǒng冗

cháng长

de的

huì会

yì议

zhōng中

，

tā他

nán难

yǐ以

yǎn掩

shì饰

nèi内

xīn心

de的

fán烦

zào躁

qíng情

xù绪

。

During the lengthy meeting, he found it difficult to conceal his inner fretfulness.

tā他

děng等

le了

hěn很

jiǔ久

，

kāi开

shǐ始

biàn变

dé得

fán烦

zào躁

qǐ起

lái来

。

He waited for a long time and started to become agitated.

nǐ你

zuì最

jìn近

shì是

fǒu否

yě也

yīn因

xiàng项

mù目

yán延

qī期

ér而

gǎn感

dào到

mò莫

míng名

de的

fán烦

zào躁

？

Have you also been feeling inexplicably irritable lately due to the project delay?

jǐn尽

guǎn管

rèn任

wu务

fán繁

zhòng重

，

tā他

bìng并

wèi未

biǎo表

xiàn现

chū出

sī丝

háo毫

de的

fán烦

zào躁

。

Despite the heavy workload, he did not show any sign of irritability.

gōng工

zuò作

yā压

lì力

dà大

shí时

，

tā她

róng容

yì易

gǎn感

dào到

fán烦

zào躁

bù不

ān安

。

When work pressure is high, she tends to feel restless and irritable.

tiān天

qì气

mèn闷

rè热

qiě且

gōng工

zuò作

bú不

shùn顺

，

zhè这

shuāng双

chóng重

yīn因

sù素

jiā加

jù剧

le了

tā他

de的

fán烦

zào躁

。

The sultry weather and work setbacks, these dual factors intensified his fretfulness.