Chinese symbol for “bother”
烦扰
fán rǎo
Traditional: 煩擾
to bother; to disturb; to vex
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bother is 烦扰 (fán rǎo), defined as: to bother; to disturb; to vex.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bother”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叨扰 (叨擾) | tāo rǎo | to bother; to trouble |
| 烦 (煩) | fán | to feel vexed; to bother |
| 难为 (難為) | nán wei | to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth |
| 打搅 (打攪) | dǎ jiǎo | to disturb; to trouble; to bother |
| 打扰 (打擾) | dǎ rǎo | to disturb; to bother |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烦扰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 烦恼 (煩惱) | fán nǎo | to be worried; to be distressed |
| 厌烦 (厭煩) | yàn fán | bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth |
| 烦躁 (煩躁) | fán zào | jittery; twitchy |
| 心烦 (心煩) | xīn fán | to feel agitated; to be troubled |
| 不耐烦 (不耐煩) | bù nài fán | impatient; to lose patience |
| 干扰 (干擾) | gān rǎo | to disturb; to interfere |
| 骚扰 (騷擾) | sāo rǎo | to disturb; to cause a commotion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bother”.
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.