粵

煩faan4躁cou3

simp烦躁
faan4 cou3fán zào

English

  1. jittery
  2. irritable; cranky; easy to offend; usually used when somebody is put into such a state by external stresses
  3. twitchy
  4. fidgety

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 心情唔好,容易發脾氣;通常係指受到困擾而變成噉

Examples

  • 樓上裝修啲聲令人好煩躁。

    The rumbling noise of renovation upstairs is making me extremely irritable.

  • 我啲朋友成日話我好冷靜,但我屋企人成日話我好煩躁。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 湯姆說他很煩躁。

    Tom said that he was irritated.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 等朋友等太久时,会感到烦躁.

    I feel restless when I have to wait too long for my friend to show up.

    Tatoeba · sirpoot CC BY

  • 不要让自己因为一些小事而烦躁了。

    Stop getting yourself worked up over little things.

    Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

  • 某些动物烦躁不安, 可能是地震临震前的预兆。

    Agitated activity by certain animals may be a sign of an impending earthquake.

    Tatoeba · omerfarukckmk CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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