麻烦
má​fan HSK3

trouble

麻烦 (麻煩) má​fan
trouble adjective
a state of difficulty, distress, or an awkward situation
troublesome adjective
causing difficulty, annoyance, or inconvenience; a source of trouble

这件事处理起来非常麻烦。

zhèi jiàn shì chǔ​lǐ qi​lai fēi​cháng má​fan.

This matter is very troublesome to deal with.

bother adjective
to put someone to trouble; to annoy or request a favor

麻烦你帮我把这封信寄了。

má​fan nǐ bāng wǒ bǎ zhè fēng xìn jì le.

Could you please mail this letter for me?

Frequency
Movie subtitles
219.9 per million appears in 56% of films
Written text
49.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICTAI-generated definitions
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)