恼火 (nǎo huǒ): to get angry; irritated; to annoy; to aggravate; annoying

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 7adjective

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: to get angry; irritated; to annoy; to aggravate; annoying
Characters: 2
Part of speech: adjective
HSK level: HSK 7

Full definitions

to get angry
irritated
to annoy
to aggravate
annoying

Chinese explanation

形容人因遇到不顺心的事或受到刺激而感到生气、烦躁，情绪变得很激动
常用于口语，表示对某事或某人非常不满，心里像着了火一样难受。

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HSK 4

fire

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Example sentences

I waited in line for an hour to buy a ticket, but when it was finally my turn, the tickets had just sold out. It was really frustrating.

When she found out that her colleague had used her computer without permission, she was very annoyed and immediately went to ask him what was going on.

My neighbor was still having a party in the middle of the night with loud music, and I couldn't sleep because of the noise. I was very annoyed.

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