困擾

See also: 困扰

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	disturb
trad. (困擾)		困	擾
simp. (困扰)		困	扰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùnrǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄖㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³ jiu²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kung³ riao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùnrǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄖㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùnrǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun⁴-jao³
    • Yale: kwùn-rǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennrao
    • Palladius: куньжао (kunʹžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹ ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan³ jiu²
    • Yale: kwan yíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³ jiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen³ yiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³ jiːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kung³ riao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khùng jiáu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziau⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

困擾

1. to disturb; to vex; to worry; to perplex; to puzzle; to trouble

   深受困擾／深受困扰  ―  shēnshòu kùnrǎo  ―  to be deeply troubled

   那個問題困擾著我。 [MSC, trad.]
   那个问题困扰着我。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nàge wèntí kùnrǎo zhe wǒ. [Pinyin]

   That problem troubles me.

   他年事已高，又被多種疾病困擾。 [MSC, trad.]
   他年事已高，又被多种疾病困扰。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā niánshì yǐ gāo, yòu bèi duōzhǒng jíbìng kùnrǎo. [Pinyin]

   He is advanced in years and troubled by various diseases.

Synonyms

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• 告擾／告扰 (gàorǎo) (formal, humble, polite)
• 吵擾／吵扰 (chǎorǎo)
• 干擾 (gānrǎo)
• 打亂／打乱 (dǎluàn)
• 打擾／打扰 (dǎrǎo)
• 打攪／打搅 (dǎjiǎo)
• 搗／捣 (dǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 擾亂／扰乱 (rǎoluàn)
• 攪／搅 (jiǎo)
• 攪亂／搅乱 (jiǎoluàn)
• 攪動／搅动 (jiǎodòng)
• 攪吵／搅吵 (Hokkien)
• 攪擾／搅扰 (jiǎorǎo)
• 梟亂／枭乱 (xiāoluàn) (literary)
• 殽亂／淆乱 (xiáoluàn) (literary)
• 煩／烦 (fán)
• 煩擾／烦扰 (fánrǎo)
• 糾紛／纠纷 (jiūfēn) (literary)
• 糾纏／纠缠 (jiūchán)
• 纏／缠 (chán)
• 纏擾／缠扰 (chánrǎo)
• 纏磨／缠磨 (chánmo) (colloquial)
• 纏繞／缠绕 (chánrào)
• 驚／惊 (jīng)
• 驚動／惊动 (jīngdòng)