Chinese symbol for “annoyed”
恼火
nǎo huǒ
Traditional: 惱火
annoyed; riled; vexed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for annoyed is 恼火 (nǎo huǒ), defined as: annoyed; riled; vexed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “annoyed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懊恼 (懊惱) | ào nǎo | annoyed; vexed |
| 不悦 (不悅) | bù yuè | displeased; annoyed |
| 窝囊 (窩囊) | wō nang | to feel vexed; annoyed |
| 糟心 | zāo xīn | vexed; annoyed |
| 心烦气躁 (心煩氣躁) | xīn fán qì zào | agitated; annoyed (idiom) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恼火.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烦恼 (煩惱) | fán nǎo | to be worried; to be distressed |
| 苦恼 (苦惱) | kǔ nǎo | vexed; distressed |
| 恼怒 (惱怒) | nǎo nù | resentful; angry |
| 惹恼 (惹惱) | rě nǎo | to make sb angry |
| 懊恼 (懊惱) | ào nǎo | annoyed; vexed |
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
| 火箭 | huǒ jiàn | rocket; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 火车站 (火車站) | huǒ chē zhàn | train station |
See also: Japanese symbol for “annoyed”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.