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缠
chán
Description
"缠"这个字有两个常见的意思。
The character "缠" has two common meanings.
它可以表示用绳子或线把东西绕起来，也可以表示一个人一直烦你、不让你走。
It can mean to wrap something with a rope or thread, or to describe someone who keeps bothering you and won't let you go.
Meanings
缠chán
to wind, wrap, or coil around
她用布把手缠起来。
She wrapped her hand with cloth.
缠chán
to pester, bother, or keep bugging someone
孩子一直缠着妈妈买玩具。
The child kept pestering his mother to buy toys.
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Notes
- Nuance
sense 2 often takes 着 (缠着) to show someone continuously pestering or clinging to another.
- Etymology
the 纟(silk) radical points to the original meaning of winding thread around something.
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