烦恼
HSK 4 (exam 2025)Old HSK 4
烦恼 (fánnǎo) · worried
烦恼 (fánnǎo) means “worried; worries; troubles”. It is written with 2 characters: 烦 (annoyed) + 恼 (angry). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 烦恼 is built
The characters
烦 fán · annoyed
What 烦 is made of
- 火huǒ — fire
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 人rén — person
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 页yè — page
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 人rén — person
- 贝bèi — sea shell
Origin hint: 火 gives the meaning, 页 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
恼 nǎo · angry
What 恼 is made of
- 忄xīn — heart
- 八bā — eight
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 凶xiōng — culprit
- 凵qiǎn — container
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
Example sentences
别为这点小事烦恼。Bié wèi zhè diǎn xiǎoshì fánnǎo.Don't worry about such a small thing.
你最近有什么烦恼吗？Nǐ zuìjìn yǒu shénme fánnǎo ma?Has anything been bothering you lately?
Questions about 烦恼
What does 烦恼 mean?
烦恼 (fánnǎo) means “worried; worries; troubles”.
How do you pronounce 烦恼?
烦恼 is pronounced fánnǎo.
Which HSK level is 烦恼?
烦恼 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
Learn 烦恼 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 11: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.