麻烦 (máfan) means Troublesome (problematic). Below are 13 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
麻烦 你帮我一下。
Máfan nǐ bāng wǒ yíxià.
Could I trouble you to help me for a moment?
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 麻烦
这件事有点儿 麻烦 。
Zhè jiàn shì yǒudiǎnr máfan.
This matter is a bit troublesome.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 麻烦
这个错误造成了 麻烦 。
Zhège cuòwù zàochéng le máfan.
This mistake caused trouble.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 造成
不要人为地制造 麻烦 。
Bú yào rénwéi de zhìzào máfan.
Do not create trouble artificially.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 人为
我一向不喜欢 麻烦 别人。
Wǒ yíxiàng bù xǐhuan máfan biéren.
I have never liked troubling other people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 一向
大家都嫌这个办法太 麻烦 。
Dàjiā dōu xián zhège bànfǎ tài máfan.
Everyone found this method too much trouble.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嫌
他自己惹的 麻烦 ，活该受累。
Tā zìjǐ rě de máfan, huógāi shòulèi.
He brought the trouble on himself and deserves the bother.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 活该
这件事给他增添了不少 麻烦 。
Zhè jiàn shì gěi tā zēngtiān le bù shǎo máfan.
This affair added a good deal of trouble for him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 增添
麻烦 你这么久，我心里很不安。
Máfan nǐ zhème jiǔ, wǒ xīnlǐ hěn bù'ān.
I feel bad for troubling you for so long.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不安
他巴不得这件 麻烦 事快点结束。
Tā bābùdé zhè jiàn máfan shì kuài diǎn jiéshù.
He wishes nothing more than for this troublesome business to be over soon.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 巴不得
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From the graded readers
她说：“不用不用，太 麻烦 你了。”
tā shuō:" búyòng búyòng, tài máfan nǐ le / liǎo / liào."
She said, "No, no, it's too much trouble."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
From the travel phrasebook
麻烦 帮我处理一下。
Máfan bāng wǒ chǔlǐ yíxià.
Please sort this out for me.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
Questions about 麻烦
How is 麻烦 used in a sentence?
This page shows 13 sentences using 麻烦 (máfan, "Troublesome (problematic)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 麻烦 an HSK word?
Yes — 麻烦 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 麻烦?
The dictionary page for 麻烦 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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