Hanzi
Traditional
纏
Simplified
缠

to wind around/to wrap round/to coil/tangle/to involve/to bother/to annoy

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 7

Pinyin

chán

Bopomofo

ㄔㄢˊ

Jyutping

cin4

Example sentences

糾纏 / 纠缠 jiūchán
那個推銷員一直糾纏著我不放，真令人心煩。
那个推销员一直纠缠著我不放，真令人心烦。

That salesman kept pestering me and wouldn't let go; it's really annoying.

葛藤 géténg
他們之間的恩怨情仇，就像葛藤一樣糾纏不清。
他们之间的恩怨情仇，就像葛藤一样纠缠不清。

The grievances and hatred between them are as tangled as creepers.

纏 / 缠 chán
她用繃帶纏住了受傷的手臂。
她用绷带缠住了受伤的手臂。

She wrapped the injured arm with a bandage.

纏繞 / 缠绕 chánrào
藤蔓纏繞著欄杆。
藤蔓缠绕著栏杆。

The vines are winding around the railing.

難纏 / 难缠 nánchán
這個問題非常難纏，我們花了很久才解決。
这个问题非常难缠，我们花了很久才解决。

This problem is very difficult to deal with; it took us a long time to solve.

對付 / 对付 duìfù
他知道如何對付難纏的顧客。
他知道如何对付难缠的顾客。

He knows how to deal with difficult customers.

Example Vocabulary

糾纏

jiu1'chan2

to entangle; to pester; to nag

纏

chan2

to wrap; to wind; to entwine; to pester

纏綿

chan2'mian2

糾纏不清

纏繞

chan2'rao4

to wind around; to wrap around; to entangle

腰纏万貫

蠻纏

難纏

nan2'chan2

difficult to deal with; troublesome

牽纏

qian1'chan2

盤纏

pan2'chan2

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