| 缠 | chán | to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy |
| 缠绕 | chán rào | twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother |
| 缠足 | chán zú | foot binding |
| 缠夹 | chán jiā | to annoy; to bother; to harass |
| 缠夹不清 | chán jiā bù qīng | to muddle things together (idiom); to bother sb with annoying muddle-headed talk |
| 缠夹二先生 | chán jiā èr xiān sheng | annoying muddle-headed person who gabbles unintelligibly |
| 缠手 | chán shǒu | to tie sb down (with worries); troublesome; knotty; sticky |
| 缠扰 | chán rǎo | to harass; to disturb |
| 缠结 | chán jié | to coil around; knot; to entangle |
| 缠络 | chán luò | to wind around; to twist and turn (of road or river) |
| 缠丝玛瑙 | chán sī mǎ nǎo | sardonyx (gemstone of brown-white striped chalcedony) |
| 缠绵 | chán mián | touching (emotions); lingering (illness) |
| 缠绵悱恻 | chán mián fěi cè | too sad for words (idiom); exceedingly sentimental; a real tear-jerker |
| 缠绕茎 | chán rào jīng | vine; twining stem |
| 缠头 | chán tóu | embroidered headband used as decoration by actors or in Hui ethnic group; to reward an actor with brocade headband |
