煩惱

See also: 煩悩 and 烦恼

Chinese

		feel vexed; to bother	get mad
trad. (煩惱)		煩	惱
simp. (烦恼)		烦	恼

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit क्लेश (kleśa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánnǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ nou⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fàn-nó

  (Hailu, HRS): fan no^ˊ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoân-ló / hoân-hó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huêng⁵ lo² / huang⁵ lo² / huang⁵ nao²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve-nau₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánnǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄋㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánnǎo
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-nao³
    • Yale: fán-nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnnao
    • Palladius: фаньнао (fanʹnao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ nou⁵
    • Yale: fàahn nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ nou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fàn-nó
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˇ no^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan² no³
    • Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹ no³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan no^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /fan⁵⁵ no²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-ló
    • Tâi-lô: huân-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoanloir
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴⁻¹¹ lo⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Philippines): /huan²⁴⁻²² lo⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-hó
    • Tâi-lô: huân-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoanhoir
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /huan²⁴⁻²² ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² ho⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huêng⁵ lo² / huang⁵ lo² / huang⁵ nao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huêng ló / huâng ló / huâng náu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lo⁵²/, /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lo⁵²/, /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nau⁵²/

Note:

• huêng5 lo2 - Chaozhou;
• huang5 lo2 - Jieyang;
• huang5 nao2 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ve-nau₆
    • MiniDict: ve^去 nau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-nau₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² nɔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

煩惱

1. annoyed; troubled; upset; vexed; worried; uneasy

Synonyms

• 懊惱／懊恼 (àonǎo)

Noun

煩惱

1. annoyance; troubles; vexation; worries; anxiety; sorrow
2. (Buddhism, Hinduism) klesha

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “煩惱” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Verb

煩惱

1. to worry; to agonize; to be anxious about

Derived terms

• 一人煩惱一樣，無人煩惱親像 / 一人烦恼一样，无人烦恼亲像
• 不煩惱 / 不烦恼
• 少年維特的煩惱 / 少年维特的烦恼
• 煩惱皆因強出頭 / 烦恼皆因强出头
• 煩惱絲 / 烦恼丝 (fánnǎosī)
• 自尋煩惱 / 自寻烦恼
• 道煩惱 / 道烦恼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
煩	惱
ぼん Grade: S	のう Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 煩惱 – see the following entry.

【煩悩ぼんのう】 [noun] (Buddhism) klesha [noun] worldly desires (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

(This term, 煩惱, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
煩	惱

Noun

煩惱 • (beonnoe) (hangeul 번뇌)

1. hanja form^? of 번뇌 (“klesha”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
煩	惱

Noun

煩惱

1. chữ Hán form of phiền não (“klesha”)