心烦 (xīn fán) — to feel vexed, to be perturbed, to be annoyed

Definition

A feeling-word meaning 'annoyed / vexed' — the irritation is internal and emotional, stronger than 烦 on its own and closer in feeling to 烦恼.

verb
to feel vexedto be perturbedto be annoyed

Examples

  • 心烦
    Zuì jìn gōng zuò tài duō, wǒ jué de hěn xīn fán.
    Lately there's too much work, I feel very vexed.
  • 心烦
    Tā hé nǚ péng you chǎo jià le, suǒ yǐ xīn lǐ hěn xīn fán.
    He argued with his girlfriend, so he's very upset inside.
  • Děng le yí gè xiǎo shí tā hái méi lái, zhēn ràng rén xīn fán.
    Waited an hour and he still hasn't come, it's really annoying.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

xīnheart
fántroubled

心 is the heart or mind and 烦 is troubled, so the feeling is a troubled heart.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 心 comes from a drawing of a heart, now highly stylized.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 煩; 烦 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 煩, the shape is made from 火 (fire) and 頁 (head).

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