纏綿

Chinese

		to bother; wind around; wrap round to bother; wind around; wrap round; coil; involve; annoy; tangle	cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy
trad. (纏綿)		纏	綿
simp. (缠绵)		缠	绵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chánmián

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ min⁴
Min Nan (POJ): tiân-biân / tîⁿ-mî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chánmián
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnmian
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ min⁴
  - Yale: chìhn mìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ min⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ min⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ miːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiân-biân
  - Tâi-lô: tiân-biân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dienbieen
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tiɛn²⁴⁻²² biɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn¹³⁻²² biɛn¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîⁿ-mî
  - Tâi-lô: tînn-mî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvimii
  - IPA (Taipei): /tĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ mĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tĩ²³⁻³³ mĩ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɖˠiᴇn miᴇn/▼

Rime
Character	纏	綿
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	III
Fanqie	直連切	武延切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇn/	/miᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛn/	/miɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiæn/	/mjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖian/	/mian/
Li Rong	/ȡjɛn/	/miɛn/
Wang Li	/ȡĭɛn/	/mĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ɛn/	/mi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán	mián

Adjective

纏綿

entangled in; caught up (in relationships)
(of disease) lingering
(of tune) melodious and moving

Derived terms

病榻纏綿／病榻缠绵

纏綿悱惻／缠绵悱恻

Related terms

綢繆／绸缪 (chóumóu)

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