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干涉 (gān shè) — to interfere, to meddle

Definition

干涉 means 'to interfere / meddle' in someone else's affairs, always with a negative tone of unwelcome intrusion. 干预 is more neutral or official; 插手 is more colloquial and hands-on.

verb
to interfereto meddle

Examples

  • 干涉。
    Rèn hé guó jiā dōu bú yīng gāi gān shè bié guó nèi zhèng.
    No country should interfere in the internal affairs of another country.
  • 干涉，。
    Tā zǒng xǐ huan gān shè wǒ de jué dìng, zhè ràng wǒ hěn bù gāo xìng.
    He always likes to meddle in my decisions, which makes me very unhappy.
  • 干涉。
    Jiā zhǎng bù yīng gān shè hái zi de hūn yīn xuǎn zé.
    Parents should not interfere in their children's marriage choices.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

干gānintervene
涉shèinvolve

干 means to intervene, and 涉 means to involve; together they express meddling in affairs.

Characters in this word

The simplified 干 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (饼干, 干杯) it is 乾; in others (干, 干活儿) (干扰) it is 幹 or 干.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 乾; 干 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
乙乙yǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
倝
倝gàn乾gān
Same sound today
Open 干 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

涉 combines 水 (water) and 步 (walk), showing someone walking through water.

Open 涉 →
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