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干预

gānyù

to interfere

A person interrupting a handshake
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Characters in this word

干 gān

Strokes
3
Radical
十 — ten, tenth
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

预 yù

Strokes
10
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
予 to give 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 预

Example phrases

  • 别干预我。 Bié gānyù wǒ. Do not interfere with me.
  • 他不想干预。 Tā bù xiǎng gānyù. He does not want to interfere.
  • 父母少干预。 Fùmǔ shǎo gānyù. Parents should interfere less.

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