Chinese Word: 缠 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

缠 (Trad.: 纏)HSK 6

Pinyin: chán

English Definition: to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy

Chinese Definition:
①绕，围绕：缠绕。缠绑。缠缚。
②搅扰；牵绊：缠绵。缠磨。缠搅。纠缠。琐事缠身。
③应付：这个人真难缠。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 糸

Pictophonetic:㢆 indicates the sound; 纟 (thread) conveys the meaning.

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纠缠	jiū chán	to be in a tangle; to nag
缠绕HSK 6	chán rào	twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother
缠绵	chán mián	touching (emotions); lingering (illness)
缠身	chán shēn	(of an illness, debt etc) to plague sb; to preoccupy sb; difficult to get rid of
难缠	nán chán	(usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with

1		bié 别 jiū chán bù qīng 纠缠不清 le 了 Don't get tangled up in it.
2		téng 藤 chán rào 缠绕 zhe 着 shù gàn 树干。 The vine twines around the trunk.
3		tā 他 bèi 被 chán 缠 zài 在 yì qǐ 一起 de 的 chuāng lián 窗帘 bàn dǎo 绊倒 le 了。 He tripped over the tangled curtains and fell.