缠住

纏住

chánzhù

verb #10,200

Meanings

1 to tangle up
2 to pester
3 to get entangled with

Characters

to wind around, to pester

to hold, to stop (resultative complement)

Examples

绳子缠住了我的脚。

Shéngzi chánzhù le wǒ de jiǎo.

The rope got tangled around my foot.

那个小孩一直缠住妈妈不放。

Nàge xiǎohái yīzhí chánzhù māma bù fàng.

That child kept pestering his mom nonstop.

Tips

usage

缠住 combines 缠 (to wind around, to pester) with the resultative complement 住 (to hold firmly). Literally: tangled and held in place.

Stroke Order

缠 chán

住 zhù