Chinese word

干预

Pronunciation

Pinyingān yù

Meaning

  • verbinterfere

Example

不要干预他的决定。bú yào gān yù tā de jué dìng

Don't interfere with his decision.

Illustration for 干预 (interfere)

More examples

经理常常干预下属的工作安排。jīng lǐ cháng cháng gān yù xià shǔ de gōng zuò ān pái

The manager often interferes with subordinates' work arrangements.

Core concept

An outside person or force steps into another matter and tries to change its direction or result.

Common phrases

  • 干预内政gān yù nèi zhèng

    interfere in internal affairs

  • 干预市场gān yù shì chǎng

    intervene in the market

  • 干预司法gān yù sī fǎ

    interfere with the judiciary

Similar words

干涉gān shè: Interfering in another person's affairs by trying to control how decisions or actions are handled.
影响yíng xiǎng: Affecting another thing so that its result or state changes.
介入jiè rù: Entering an ongoing matter to take part in handling it or influence its course.
插手chā shǒu: Getting directly involved in another person's affairs, often in an unwelcome way.

Definition in Chinese

对他人的事务进行插手或介入，旨在改变其决定或进程，既可指个人的干涉，也可指机构或外部力量的介入。duì tā rén de shì wù jìn xíng chā shǒu huò jiè rù zhǐ zài gǎi biàn qí jué dìng huò jìn chéng jì kě zhǐ gè rén de gān shè yě kě zhǐ jī gòu huò wài bù lì liàng de jiè rù

Word origin

干 (gān, "interfere in") combines with 预 (yù, "take part in") in 干预 (gānyù, "interfere"), so the word pictures involvement that reaches into another matter and changes its progress.

Usage tips

  • The word often describes unwanted involvement in personal matters, while the same form is also used neutrally for organized action in fields such as health or public policy.

Other meanings

  • interveneverb
  • meddleverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 干预措施gān yù cuò shīintervention measurenoun
  • 干预者gān yù zhěintervenernoun

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