The Chinese word 惹恼 (rěnǎo) is a compound verb formed through a logical semantic combination of its two constituent characters: 惹, meaning "to provoke" or "to stir up", and 恼, meaning "anger" or "annoyance". Structurally, it follows a common cause-and-effect pattern in Chinese word formation, where the first character (惹) denotes the action that causes the state expressed by the second character (恼). Thus, the compound literally means "to provoke-annoyance", effectively conveying the meaning "to irritate" or "to make someone angry", where the action of provoking directly results in the emotional state of annoyance.