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恼人 (nǎo rén) — irritating, annoying

Definition

恼人 describes a feeling or thing that is irritating and gets on people's nerves, like noise or a person's behavior. Used for ongoing, mildly bothersome things, stronger than just "a bit annoying" but lighter than offensive or harmful.

adjective
irritatingannoying

Examples

  • 恼人。
    Zhè jiàn shì zhēn nǎo rén.
    This matter is really annoying.
  • 恼人。
    Zhè zhǒng nǎo rén de shēng yīn ràng rén wú fǎ jí zhōng zhù yì lì.
    This kind of annoying sound makes it impossible to concentrate.
  • 恼人，。
    Tā zǒng shì shuō yì xiē nǎo rén de huà, dà jiā dōu bù xǐ huan tā.
    He always says some annoying things, and nobody likes him.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

恼nǎoirritate
人rénperson

恼 means irritate, and 人 means person, describing something that irritates people.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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