麻烦 máfan▶ masalah

Stroke order

麻烦 is written in 21 strokes across 2 characters.

• 麻 — 11 strokes
• 烦 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. trouble; inconvenience
2. inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
3. to bother sb; to put sb to trouble

Example sentences

• 这件事有点儿麻烦。Zhè jiàn shì yǒu diǎnr máfan.This matter is a bit of trouble.
• 麻烦你帮我看一下行李。Máfan nǐ bāng wǒ kàn yīxià xíngli.Could I trouble you to watch my luggage for a moment.

Related words

• 烦恼gangguan
• 不耐烦Tidak sabar
• 麻木mati rasa
• 麻痹menenangkan; tumpul; kelumpuhan
• 麻醉narkosis

麻烦 is pronounced máfan and means “masalah”. This word appears in HSK 4, one level of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the proficiency exam most Chinese courses are built around. Passive recognition of 麻烦 arrives quickly and leaves quickly. Active recall is slower to build and far more durable, so LexiTrail keeps returning the word to you at widening intervals rather than on a timer.