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Chinese symbol for “annoying”

恼人
nǎo rén
Traditional: 惱人
annoying; irksome; to irritate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for annoying is 恼人 (nǎo rén), defined as: annoying; irksome; to irritate.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

恼 nǎo
angry, wrathful
radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “annoying”

WordPinyinMeaning
烦心 (煩心)fán xīnannoying; vexing
惹人厌 (惹人厭)rě rén yànannoying; disgusting
讨厌 (討厭)tǎo yànto dislike; to loathe; annoying; troublesome
欠扁qiàn biǎnannoying; infuriating
麻烦 (麻煩)má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying

Related words

Other words that share a character with 恼人.

WordPinyinMeaning
烦恼 (煩惱)fán nǎoto be worried; to be distressed
苦恼 (苦惱)kǔ nǎovexed; distressed
恼怒 (惱怒)nǎo nùresentful; angry
恼火 (惱火)nǎo huǒannoyed; riled; vexed
惹恼 (惹惱)rě nǎoto make sb angry
懊恼 (懊惱)ào nǎoannoyed; vexed
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople

See also: Japanese symbol for “annoying”.

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.

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