# 苦恼 (kǔnǎo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 苦恼 (kǔnǎo) means “vexed; distressed; worried”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: vexed; distressed; worried
- Pinyin: kǔnǎo (ku3 nao3)
- Traditional: 苦惱
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他最近为这件事很苦恼。
  Tā zuìjìn wèi zhè jiàn shì hěn kǔnǎo.
  He has been very distressed over this lately.

## Characters

- [苦](https://hanziro.com/word/ku-bitter/) (kǔ): bitter; hardship
- 恼 (nǎo): to get angry

https://hanziro.com/word/ku-nao-vexed/

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