HSK 6 · Verbs

埋怨 mányuàn “to complain” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 埋怨 means

  1. to complain
  2. to blame
  3. to grumble (about)
  4. to reproach

How to say 埋怨

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale埋mán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale怨yuàn4th tone, falling

埋怨 in a sentence

  1. 别再埋怨了。

    Bié zài mányuàn le.

    Stop complaining.

    Sentence #5102375 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他的埋怨没有尽头。

    Tā de mányuàn méiyǒu jìntóu.

    His complaining never ends.

    Sentence #344953 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我听她的埋怨听得十分厌烦。

    Wǒ tīng tā de mányuàn tīng de shífēn yànfán.

    I’m thoroughly sick of listening to her complaints.

    Sentence #346149 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 埋怨 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 埋 (mán) with each of its parts in a different colour
埋mán
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 里village · lǐSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 里 (lǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with mán.

The character 怨 (yuàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
怨yuànto blame
  • 夗to turn over when asleep · yuànSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 夗 (yuàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuàn.

How to write 埋怨

埋 10 strokes · 怨 9 strokes

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

Words related to 埋怨

Words with 埋

埋没máimò · to bury埋葬máizàng · to bury (the dead)埋伏máifu · to lie in ambush

Words with 怨

抱怨bàoyuàn · to complain恩怨ēnyuàn · old grudges

More words: Thinking & Talking

流露liúlù · to reveal留神liúshén · to be careful理智lǐzhì · reason论证lùnzhèng · to prove冒犯màofàn · to offend勉励miǎnlì · to encourage描绘miáohuì · to depict迷惑míhuò · to confuse

FAQs

埋怨 (mányuàn) means “to complain” or “to blame”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mányuàn: mán with a 2nd tone, then yuàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 埋怨 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type manyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 埋怨 from the suggestions. Typing manyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
埋怨 is an HSK 6 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.