HSK 5 · Adjectives

不耐烦 bùnàifán “impatient” in Chinese

Traditional 不耐煩

What 不耐烦 means

  1. impatient
  2. to lose patience

How to say 不耐烦

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale不bù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale耐nài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale烦fán2nd tone, rising

不耐烦 in a sentence

  1. 我们越等越不耐烦。

    Wǒmen yuè děng yuè búnàifán.

    The longer we waited, the more impatient we became.

    Sentence #1901831 from Tatoeba

  2. 爸爸今天很不耐烦。

    Bàba jīntiān hěn búnàifán.

    Dad’s very impatient today.

    Sentence #332864 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 母亲从来没有因为我们而不耐烦。

    Mǔqīn cónglái méiyǒu yīnwèi wǒmen ér búnàifán.

    Mum has never lost patience with us.

    Sentence #2192788 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 不耐烦 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 不 (bù) drawn as one shape
不bùno; not so

不 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidPicture a bar 一 across the top that nothing below can get past: not, no.

The character 耐 (nài) with each of its parts in a different colour
耐nàito bear; to endure; to withstand
  • 而and · ér
  • 寸inch · cùn
The character 烦 (fán) with each of its parts in a different colour
烦fánto feel vexed
  • 火fire · huǒMeaning part
  • 页page · xiéSound part

火 hints at the meaning (fire); 页 (xié) hints at the sound. Compare it with fán.

How to write 不耐烦

不 4 strokes · 耐 9 strokes · 烦 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

不耐烦 (bùnàifán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 不耐烦 (bùnàifán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 不耐烦

Words with 不

不bù · no不要bùyào · don’t!不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry不错bùcuò · not bad不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed不但búdàn · not only不同bùtóng · different不少bùshǎo · quite a few不见bújiàn · to be missing

Words with 耐

耐心nàixīn · to be patient耐用nàiyòng · durable忍耐rěnnài · to be patient

Words with 烦

烦恼fánnǎo · to be worried麻烦máfan · trouble

More words: Adjectives

悲观bēiguān · pessimistic必要bìyào · necessary不安bù'ān · uneasy不得了bùdéliǎo · extremely不足bùzú · insufficient超级chāojí · super潮湿cháoshī · damp彻底chèdǐ · thorough

FAQs

不耐烦 (bùnàifán) means “impatient” or “to lose patience”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bùnàifán: bù with a 4th tone, then nài with a 4th tone, then fán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 不耐烦 is written 不耐煩. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bunaifan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 不耐烦 from the suggestions. Typing bunaifan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
不耐烦 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.