Chinese symbol for “impatient”
不耐烦
bù nài fán
Traditional: 不耐煩
impatient; to lose patience
The closest CC-CEDICT match for impatient is 不耐烦 (bù nài fán), defined as: impatient; to lose patience.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “impatient”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 躁 | zào | impatient; hot-tempered |
| 性急 | xìng jí | impatient |
| 猴急 | hóu jí | impatient; to be in a rush (to do sth) |
| 急不可待 | jí bù kě dài | (idiom) impatient; eager to (do sth); unable to wait any longer |
| 急切 | jí qiè | eager; impatient |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不耐烦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 耐心 | nài xīn | to be patient; patience |
| 忍耐 | rěn nài | to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience |
| 能耐 | néng nài | ability; capability |
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
See also: Japanese symbol for “impatient”.
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.