不耐烦 búnàifán impatient
impatient; to lose patience
How to remember 不耐烦: 不 not + 耐 to resist + 烦 to bother = impatient.
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How it is used
- Impatient, fed up - 等得不耐烦了 (děng de bú nàifán le) got impatient from waiting; 他很不耐烦 (tā hěn bú nàifán) he's very impatient.
- Describes an irritated, testy mood at being kept waiting or bothered; often as a complement 得不耐烦.
- Built from 耐烦 (nàifán, to put up with bother) negated; the whole is a fixed adjective.
Example sentences
- 爸爸今天很不耐烦。 Bàbà jīntiān hěn búnàifán.Dad's in an impatient mood today.