kǔ nǎo

Traditional: 苦惱

HSK 7–9

苦恼 (kǔ nǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “vexed; distressed”.

Meanings

  1. 1vexed
  2. 2distressed
Part of speech
adjective

Characters in 苦恼

苦kǔ · bitter恼nǎo · to get angry

Related words

痛苦pain辛苦exhausting苦bitter烦恼to be worried恼火annoyed; riled; vexed艰苦difficult受苦to suffer hardship苦难suffering惹恼to offend苦苦strenuously挖苦to speak sarcastically苦头sufferings

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