缠 (chán) is a Chinese word meaning “to wind around; to wrap round; to coil”.
Meanings
- 1to wind around
- 2to wrap round
- 3to coil
- 4tangle
- 5to involve
- 6to bother
- 7to annoy
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
纠缠to be in a tangle缠身(of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one缠绵touching (emotions)缠绕twisting胡搅蛮缠(idiom) to pester endlessly腰缠万贯lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money盘缠to twine盘缠money for a voyage; travel expenses交缠to intertwine厮缠to pester死缠烂打(coll.) to pester牵缠to involve