烦 (fán) means To bother (be annoyed). Below are 19 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
他最近有很多 烦 恼。
Tā zuìjìn yǒu hěn duō fánnǎo.
He has a lot of worries lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 烦恼
别为这些小事 烦 恼。
Bié wèi zhèxiē xiǎo shì fánnǎo.
Do not worry about these little things.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 烦恼
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
他想逃开这些 烦 恼。
Tā xiǎng táo kāi zhèxiē fánnǎo.
He wants to run away from these worries.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 逃
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
对孩子不要这么不耐 烦 。
Duì háizi bùyào zhème búnàifán.
Do not be so impatient with the children.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不耐烦
他性子急躁，一等就 烦 。
Tā xìngzi jízào, yì děng jiù fán.
He is impatient by nature and gets irritable the moment he has to wait.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 急躁
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
等了半天，他有点不耐 烦 。
Děng le bàntiān, tā yǒudiǎn búnàifán.
After waiting a long time he grew a little impatient.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不耐烦
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)
Words that contain 烦
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 烦
How is 烦 used in a sentence?
This page shows 19 sentences using 烦 (fán, "To bother (be annoyed)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 烦 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 烦 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 烦?
The dictionary page for 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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