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抱怨

bàoyuàn

to complain

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Meaning of 抱怨 in English

bàoyuànHSK 5verbSyllabus #2035
  1. to complain
  2. to grumble
  3. to harbor a complaint
  4. to feel dissatisfied

Example sentences

  1. 汤姆和我不是抱怨的人。
    tāng mǔ hé wǒ bú shì bào yuàn de rén。
    Tom and I weren't the ones who complained.
    Tatoeba #8655642 by slo_oth · #6663943 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 他从早到晚只是在抱怨。
    tā cóng zǎo dào wǎn zhǐ shì zài bào yuàn。
    He does nothing but complain from morning till night.
    Tatoeba #462024 by fucongcong · #301581 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 別抱怨了。你必須去。
    bié bào yuàn le。 nǐ bì xū qù。
    Don't complain. You have to go.
    Tatoeba #775435 by Martha · #320049 by shanghainese · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

抱 on its own →
bào · to hold

HSK words with 抱

抱HSK 4抱歉HSK 4拥抱HSK 5抱负HSK 7–9怀抱HSK 7–9
怨 on its own →
yuàn · to blame

HSK words with 怨

怨HSK 7–9恩怨HSK 7–9埋怨HSK 7–9怨恨HSK 7–9怨气HSK 7–9怨言HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences