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Native Script:中文汉字
Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiūchán
"记者一直纠缠着这位明星不放。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To trouble or annoy someone with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.
"The children continued to pester their parents for ice cream throughout the afternoon." - 2
To crowd around or swarm annoyingly.
"The tourists were constantly pestered by street vendors trying to sell souvenirs."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word empester, meaning 'to infect with pestilence', which ultimately traces back to the Latin pestis ('pest' or 'plague'). Over time, the meaning evolved from infecting with disease to figuratively plaguing someone with persistent annoyances and repeated trivial requests.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pester" is said worldwide
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harceler
Transliteration: arsəle
"Les enfants n'arrêtent pas de harceler leurs parents."
lästig fallen
Transliteration: lɛstɪç falən
"Hör auf, mich ständig zu nerven."
assillare
Transliteration: assillare
"Non mi va di assillare nessuno con i miei problemi."
molestar
Transliteration: molestar
"El perro no dejaba de molestar al gato."
importunar
Transliteration: ĩportuˈnaɾ
"Ele continua a importunar os colegas com perguntas fúteis."
परेशान करना
Transliteration: pareshan karna
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"बच्चे लगातार खिलौने के लिए तंग कर रहे थे।"
纠缠
Transliteration: jiūchán
Script: 中文汉字
"记者一直纠缠着这位明星不放。"
성가시게 하다
Transliteration: seonggasige hada
Script: 한국어 한글
"동생이 자꾸 사탕을 사달라고 졸라댔다."
困らせる
Transliteration: komaraseru
Script: 日本語
"彼はいつも同じ質問で私を困らせる。"
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