Chinese word

干扰

Pronunciation

Pinyingān rǎo

Meaning

  • verbdisturb

Example

请不要干扰他休息。qǐng bú yào gān rǎo tā xiū xī

Please don't disturb him while he is resting.

Illustration for 干扰 (disturb)

More examples

无关的噪声可能会干扰你的注意力。wú guān de zào shēng kě néng huì gān rǎo nǐ de zhù yì lì

Irrelevant noise may distract your attention.

Core concept

An outside force enters a normal activity or process and throws it off course.

Common phrases

  • 干扰注意力gān rǎo zhù yì lì

    distract attention

  • 干扰判断gān rǎo pàn duàn

    interfere with judgment

  • 干扰工作gān rǎo gōng zuò

    interfere with work

Similar words

打扰dá rǎo: To interrupt someone or take their time or attention in an unwelcome way.
妨碍fáng ài: To hinder the progress or success of an activity through an obstacle or action.
阻止zú zhǐ: To deliberately stop an action or event from happening.
干涉gān shè: To get involved in another person's affairs and influence them without being invited.

Definition in Chinese

对他人或事物的正常运作施加不必要的影响或阻碍，使本来的活动受干预或难以进行。duì tā rén huò shì wù de zhèng cháng yùn zuò shī jiā bú bì yào de yíng xiǎng huò zǔ ài shǐ běn lái de huó dòng shòu gān yù huò nán yǐ jìn xíng

Word origin

干扰 (gānrǎo, "interfere and disturb") combines 干 (gān, "interfere") with 扰 (rǎo, "disturb"), giving the sense of disrupting something from the outside.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this verb often applies to phone signals, radio, or other processes, so its use extends beyond situations involving people.

Other meanings

  • interfereverb
  • hinderverb

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