🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

问题

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wèntí

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trouble/ˈtrʌb.əl/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她有一个问题需要解决。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A state of distress, difficulty, or inconvenience.

    "She was in trouble after missing the deadline."
As verb
  1. 1

    To cause distress or difficulty to someone.

    "Don't trouble yourself with my problems."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'trouble' originates from the Old French 'troubler', which itself comes from the Latin 'turbulare', meaning 'to disturb'. The term has evolved through Middle English, reflecting a shift from a physical disturbance to a more abstract sense of difficulty or distress.

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