粵

麻maa4煩faan4

simp麻烦
maa4 faan4má fan

English

  1. trouble; inconvenience
  2. to bother; to trouble; figuratively, to ask for someone's favour
  3. troublesome; bothersome; annoying
  4. inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
  5. to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
  6. please; used to politely request somebody to do something; literally: "bother"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 為人帶嚟不便;引申指揾人幫手
  2. 棘手嘅;會引起好多問題嘅;令人唔想理嘅
  3. 拜託對方,表示禮貌

Examples

  • 惹麻煩

    to ask for trouble

  • 嫌麻煩

    not to want to take the trouble

  • 我唔想麻煩咁多人。

    I don't want to bother so many people.

  • 我成日都遇到麻煩。

    I am forever in trouble.

    Tatoeba · cc_neko CC BY

  • 麻煩你喺呢度簽個名吖。

    Please sign here.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我唔知會搞到你咁麻煩。

    I had no idea it would put you to so much trouble.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢好麻煩,叫我做呢樣嗰樣。

    He's so annoying, ordering me to do this and that.

  • 麻煩你入屋之前除咗對鞋先吖。

    Please remove your shoes before entering the house.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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