不耐烦

不耐烦 búnàifán

impatience; impatient

HSK 5 繁體 不耐煩 bunaifan

What 不耐烦 means

  1. impatience
  2. impatient

These meanings come from the same dictionary that powers the Chinese to Pinyin translator and the Chinese to English translator, so a whole sentence containing 不耐烦 will read it the same way this page does.

Character by character

不耐烦 is written with 3 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

No (not)
nài
Endure (to bear - patient)
fán
To bother (be annoyed)

How to write 不耐烦

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Questions about 不耐烦

What does 不耐烦 mean in English?

不耐烦 is pronounced búnàifán and means impatience, impatient.

How do you pronounce 不耐烦?

不耐烦 is búnàifán in pinyin — written bunaifan without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 不耐烦?

不耐烦 is written with 3 characters: 不 (bù) No (not), 耐 (nài) Endure (to bear - patient), 烦 (fán) To bother (be annoyed). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 不耐烦 written in traditional Chinese?

不耐煩. The simplified form 不耐烦 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 不耐煩 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced búnàifán.

Is 不耐烦 an HSK word?

Yes — 不耐烦 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

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