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Pronunciation / Transliteration: búbiàn
"对于给您带来的不便，我们深表歉意。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The state or an instance of a problem or trouble that causes disadvantage, discomfort, or annoyance.
"We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the temporary closure of the station."
- 1
To cause trouble, difficulty, or discomfort to someone.
"I hope this new schedule does not inconvenience you too much."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin inconvenientia, meaning 'unsuitability' or 'incongruity', combining the negative prefix in- with convenientia (from convenire, meaning 'to come together, agree, or be suitable'). Entering English in the late 16th century, the term shifted from denoting a lack of logical fitness or agreement to its modern primary sense of causing trouble, difficulty, or a lack of ease.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Inconvenience" is said worldwide
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inconvénient
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ve.njɑ̃/
"Vveillez nous excuser pour ce désagrément."
Unannehmlichkeit
Transliteration: /ˈʊnʔanˌneːmlɪçkaɪt/
"Wir entschuldigen uns für die Unannehmlichkeiten."
inconveniente
Transliteration: /iŋ.kon.veˈnjɛn.te/
"Ci scusiamo per il disservizio."
inconveniente
Transliteration: /iŋ.koɱ.韦ˈnjen.te/
"Lamentamos cualquier inconveniente causado."
inconveniente
Transliteration: /ĩ.kõ.ve.niˈẽ.tʃi/
"Pedimos desculpas por qualquer inconveniente."
असुविधा
Transliteration: asuvidhā
"असुविधा के लिए हमें खेद है।"
不便
Transliteration: búbiàn
"对于给您带来的不便，我们深表歉意。"
불편
Transliteration: bulpyeon
"불편을 드려 죄송합니다."
不便
Transliteration: fuben
"ご不便をおかけして申し訳ありません。"
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