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纠缠 (jiū chán): Entangle / get caught up in (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

纠缠 consists of 2 characters.

to correct, to rectify

to wind around, to entangle

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

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Pinyinjiū chán

Meaningentangle / get caught up in

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb

Word纠缠

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 纠缠.

Words with 纠

纠正jiū zhèngHSK 6
纠纷jiū fēnHSK 6

Words with 缠

缠绕chán ràoHSK 6

3.

How to Use 纠缠 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 纠缠 with other words naturally.

Verb + Objectwith某人

jiū纠

chán缠

mǒu某

rén人

neutral

pester someone

Adverb + Verbwith不断

bù不

duàn断

jiū纠

chán缠

Verb + Complementwith不清

jiū纠

chán缠

bù不

qīng清

Adjective + Nounwith情感

qíng情

gǎn感

jiū纠

chán缠

4.

Example Sentences with 纠缠

bié别

jiū纠

chán缠

wǒ我

。

Don't bother me.

neutral

constantly pester

neutral

entangled and unclear

formal

emotional entanglement

tā他

shì试

tú图

bǎi摆

tuō脱

nà那

xiē些

jiū纠

chán缠

bù不

qīng清

de的

zhài债

wù务

wèn问

tí题

。

He tried to break free from those entangled debt issues.

nǐ你

wèi为

shén什

me么

zǒng总

shì是

jiū纠

chán缠

yú于

guò过

qù去

de的

shī失

bài败

ne呢

？

Why do you always get caught up in past failures?

zhè这

ge个

wèn问

tí题

jiū纠

chán缠

le了

tā他

hěn很

jiǔ久

。

This problem has been bothering him for a long time.

bié别

ràng让

suǒ琐

shì事

jiū纠

chán缠

nǐ你

，

zhuān专

zhù注

yú于

zhòng重

yào要

mù目

biāo标

。

Don't let trivial matters entangle you; focus on important goals.

qíng情

gǎn感

yǔ与

lǐ理

zhì智

de的

jiū纠

chán缠

cháng常

shǐ使

rén人

xiàn陷

rù入

liǎng两

nán难

jìng境

dì地

。

The entanglement of emotion and reason often puts people in a dilemma.

tā他

men们

yīn因

wèi为

yī一

xiē些

xiǎo小

shì事

jiū纠

chán缠

bù不

qīng清

。

They are entangled in some trivial matters.

tā她

bù不

xiǎng想

zài再

bèi被

zhè这

duàn段

fù复

zá杂

de的

guān关

xì系

jiū纠

chán缠

xià下

qù去

le了

。

She doesn't want to be entangled in this complicated relationship anymore.