粵

糾gau2纏cin4

simp纠缠
gau2 cin4dau2 cin4jiū chán

English

  1. to be in a tangle
  2. (verb) 1. Intertwine; Entangle
  3. to nag
  4. to entangle
  5. to ceaselessly bother or irritate

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 事物互相纏繞
  2. 不斷煩擾而且唔肯收手

Examples

  • 為什麼我們糾纏細枝末節而不進入正題呢?

    Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 佢成日糾纏住佢阿爸阿媽。

    He keeps bothering his parents.

  • 呢兩棵榕樹嘅樹幹糾纏埋一齊,所以叫做愛人樹。

    The trunks of these two banyan trees are entangled with each other, that's why it's called the lover's tree. ----

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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