烦燥

煩燥
fánzào
adjective #34,968

Meanings

  1. 1 irritable
  2. 2 agitated
  3. 3 fidgety (variant spelling of 烦躁)

Examples

Tiānqì tài rè, wǒ xīnlǐ hěn fánzào.
The weather is too hot — I feel really agitated.
Děng le liǎng gè xiǎoshí, tā biàn de fánzào bù'ān.
After two hours of waiting, he grew restless and agitated.

Tips

mistakes
烦燥 is a widespread non-standard variant of 烦躁 — Xinhua explicitly maps it back to 烦躁. The standard form uses (foot radical, 'restless'); (fire radical) actually means 'dry'. Stick with 烦躁 in formal writing.

Stroke Order

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zào