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chán

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chán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chán | chan2
English translation
to wind around
to wrap round
to coil
tangle
to involve
to bother
to annoy
to wrap, to entangle; to involve; to bother, to annoy

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About chán

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

chán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of chán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟㢆

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

chán

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Example sentences using chán

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yāo yìng chán zhāo 喜欢 xǐhuan de rén .

Don't impose yourself on people who don't like you.

钓鱼 diào yú 线 xiàn gěi Shuǐ xià de 草木 cǎo mù gēn 缠住 le .

The fishline became enmeshed in roots under the water.

绳子 shéngzi 轮子 lún zi 缠住, 电动机 diàn dòng jī jiù zhuǎn le .

The rope had twisted itself around the wheel, stopping the motor.

钓丝缠到绕线 lún shǎng ,乱得出来 chū lái .

The fishing line was hopelessly snarled on the reel.

Cóng 海军 hǎi jūn 退役 tuì yì 回家 huí jiā Hòu , 染上 rǎn shàng le 当时 dāngshí de 流行病 liú xíng bìng ,只顾 zhǐ gù 纠缠 jiū chán 波士顿 Bō shì dùn de 护士 hùshi le .

He retired from the navy, ran afoul of an epidemic of trained nurses in Boston.

Words with chán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chán to coil chán
纠缠 jiū chán to nag糾纏
缠绕 chánrào twisting纏繞
缠绵 chán mián touching (emotions)纏綿
缠身 chán shēn to preoccupy sb纏身
难缠 nán chán demanding難纏
纠缠不清 jiū chán bù qīng hopelessly muddled糾纏不清
腰缠万贯 yāo chán wàn guàn loaded腰纏萬貫
胡搅蛮缠 hú jiǎo mán chán to pester endlessly (idiom)胡攪蠻纏
盘缠 pán chán to twine盤纏
缠绵悱恻 chán mián fěi cè very sentimental纏綿悱惻
缠足 chán zú foot-binding纏足
蛮缠 mán chán to pester蠻纏
牵缠 qiān chán to involve牽纏
胡缠 hú chán to pester胡纏
缠扰 chán rǎo to harass纏擾
缠手 chán shǒu troublesome纏手
缠夹不清 chán jiā bù qīng to muddle things together (idiom)纏夾不清
缠夹 chán jiā to annoy纏夾
厮缠 sī chán to tangle with廝纏
缠绕茎 chán rào jīng vine纏繞莖

chán Decomposition & Compounds

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chán Decomposition

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