缠 chán
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 㢆 store, shop, living space
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
缠
chán
to entangle; to pester
Character
Example phrases
- 那个投资纠纷已经缠了公司三年，管理层始终无法彻底脱身。 Nà ge tóuzī jiūfēn yǐjīng chán le gōngsī sān nián, guǎnlǐcéng shǐzhōng wúfǎ chèdǐ tuōshēn. That investment dispute has entangled the company for three years, and management has never been able to fully extricate itself.
- 藤蔓缠在老树上，一直爬到屋顶。 Téngwàn chán zài lǎoshù shang, yìzhí pá dào wūdǐng. The vines wind around the old tree and climb all the way to the roof.
- 小孩缠着妈妈要买新玩具，怎么劝也不听。 Xiǎohái chán zhe māma yào mǎi xīn wánjù, zěnme quàn yě bù tīng. The child pestered his mother to buy a new toy and wouldn't listen however she tried to persuade him.
Related words
- 缠绕 chánrào to twine around; to be intertwined
- 纠缠 jiūchán to entangle; to pester
- 蹭 cèng to rub against; to scrape; to cadge
- 抵 dǐ to withstand; to offset; to pledge
- 勾 gōu to hook; to tick; to evoke
- 叼 diāo to hold in the mouth
- 捕捉 bǔzhuō to catch; to capture; to grasp
- 递交 dìjiāo to submit; to hand in
- 逮 dǎi to catch; to seize
- 担 dān to shoulder; to undertake; to bear
- 捶 chuí to beat; to pound with the fist
- 抽签 chōuqiān to draw lots