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phiền hà

Pronunciation
IPA
Northern /fiə̤n˨˩ ha̤ː˨˩/ Central /fiəŋ˧˧ haː˧˧/ Southern /fiəŋ˨˩ haː˨˩/
annoyingly complicated
Adjective
annoyingly complicated

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1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Adjective
annoyingly complicated Descriptive Properties, States & Register FormsTheme

Describing a situation or process that is difficult and causes unnecessary trouble or annoyance.

vi Các thủ tục giấy tờ này thật phiền hà và tốn thời gian.

en These paperwork procedures are annoyingly complicated and time-consuming.

Parts
phiền / hà / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 煩苛 …
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Components

Components

phiền hà

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 煩苛

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
煩苛
Candidates by syllable
phiền 煩 hà 河
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
phiền não / phiền muộn / than phiền / lao phiền …
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phiền (bother) — words using
hà (exhale (mouth)) — words using

Themes and tags

Descriptive Properties, States & Register FormsTheme
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