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Jyutping caap3 sau2
Pinyin chā shǒu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to get involved in
  2. to meddle
  3. interference
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    喺​一件​事​上面​中途​介入​、​干涉
    to have a hand in an event or action; to meddle; to interfere
    • 夫妻之間嘅事外人唔應該插手。
      夫妻之间嘅事外人唔应该插手。
      fu1 cai1 zi1 gaan1 ge3 si6 ngoi6 jan4 m4 jing1 goi1 caap3 sau2.
      The affairs between a couple should not be meddled by outsiders.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, verb-object
    to get involved in; to meddle in
    (syn.) 斗插手, 斗插
    • 現在幾十隻手插到地方,使地方的事情不好辦。
      现在几十只手插到地方,使地方的事情不好办。
      xiàn zài jǐ shí zhī shǒu chā dào dì fāng , shǐ dì fāng de shì qíng bù hǎo bàn .
      At present scores of hands are reaching out to the localities, making things difficult for them.
  2. noun, Cantonese, Leizhou-Min
    pickpocket
    (syn.) 三隻手兒, 扒兒手, 荷包友, 爛仔, 剾巴手, 三肢手, 三隻手, 剾包的, 鉗工, 扒手, 落子, 腰弄, 老插 dated, 扒子手, 摸跟兒, 荷包仔, 撮仔賊, 倆夾兒, 賆家子 dated, 撮仔, 佬仔, 拉手, 街扒, 飛鼠 GT, 鑷子把兒, 剪綹仔, 扒耳手, 文雀, 扒仔, 拍沙包, 扒龜囝, 三隻眼, 戳兒手, 扒囝, 溜娃兒, 剪綹, 溜娃子, 插手, 馬仔
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #363
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    不要插手我的事。
    不要插手我的事。
    bù yào chā shǒu wǒ de shì 。
    • Don't interfere in my affairs.
  2. Mandarin
    不要插手我的私生活。
    不要插手我的私生活。
    bù yào chā shǒu wǒ de sī shēng huó 。
    • Don't pry into my private life.
  3. Mandarin
    你最好不要插手别人的事务。
    你最好不要插手別人的事務。
    nǐ zuì hǎo bù yào chā shǒu bié ren de shì wù 。
    • It's best if you don't poke your nose into other people's business.
  4. Mandarin
    别再插手。
    別再插手。
    bié zài chā shǒu 。
    • Stop meddling.
    • Don't interfere.
  5. Mandarin
    别插手。
    別插手。
    bié chā shǒu 。
    • Stay out of this.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我一早叫你唔好插手㗎啦,咪盏捉虫入屎忽!
    我一早叫你唔好插手㗎啦,咪盞捉蟲入屎忽!
    ngo5 jat1 zou2 giu3 nei5 m4 hou2 caap3 sau2 gaa3 laa1, mai6 zaan2 zuk1 cung4 jap6 si2 fat1!
    • I had told you not to meddle with my affairs. You are just shooting yourself in the foot.
  2. Cantonese
    我一早叫你唔好到时插手㗎啦,咪盏捉蛇入屎忽!
    我一早叫你唔好到時插手㗎啦,咪盞捉蛇入屎忽!
    ngo5 jat1 zou2 giu3 nei5 m4 hou2 dou3 si4 caap3 sau2 gaa3 laa1, mai6 zaan2 zuk1 se4 jap6 si2 fat1!
    • I had told you not to meddle with my troubles, you are just shooting yourself in the foot.
  3. Cantonese
    唔关你事,你做乜插手?!正一搅屎棍!
    唔關你事,你做乜插手?!正一攪屎棍!
    m4 gwaan1 nei5 si6, nei5 zou6 mat1 caap3 sau2? zing3 jat1 gaau2 si2 gwan3!
    • That's none of your business. Why are you stirring things up? You're a dick!
  4. Cantonese
    清官难审家庭事,佢又唔系公众人物,我哋呢啲外人又真系冇必要插手㗎噃。
    清官難審家庭事,佢又唔係公眾人物,我哋呢啲外人又真係冇必要插手㗎噃。
    cing1 gun1 naan4 sam2 gaa1 ting4 si6, keoi5 jau6 m4 hai6 gung1 zung3 jan4 mat2, ngo5 dei6 ni1 di1 ngoi6 jan4 jau6 zan1 hai6 mou5 bit1 jiu3 caap3 sau2 gaa3 bo3.
    • He's not a public figure. Who are we to judge and intervene with his family affairs?
  5. Cantonese
    件事俾佢插一插手,而家就硬晒軚啰。
    件事俾佢插一插手,而家就硬晒軚囉。
    • There is no way to turn after he intervenes.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这件事你还是别插手吧!免得到最后里外不是人,好心没好报。
    這件事你還是別插手吧!免得到最後裏外不是人,好心沒好報。
    zhè jiàn shì nǐ hái shì bié chā shǒu ba ! miǎn dé dào zuì hòu lǐ wài bù shì rén , hǎo xīn méi hǎo bào .
    • I wouldn't get involved in this if I were you! You'll try to please all of them, but in the end, you'll please none of them.
  2. Mandarin
    近年来,一些外国和境外势力公然干预香港事务,通过立法、行政、非政府组织等多种方式进行插手和捣乱,与香港反中乱港势力勾连合流、沆瀣一气
    近年來,一些外國和境外勢力公然干預香港事務,通過立法、行政、非政府組織等多種方式進行插手和搗亂,與香港反中亂港勢力勾連合流、沆瀣一氣
    jìn nián lái , yī xiē wài guó hé jìng wài shì lì gōng rán gān yù xiāng gǎng shì wù , tōng guò lì fǎ , xíng zhèng , fēi zhèng fǔ zǔ zhī děng duō zhǒng fāng shì jìn xíng chā shǒu hé dǎo luàn , yǔ xiāng gǎng fǎn zhōng luàn gǎng shì lì gōu lián hé liú , hàng xiè yī qì
    • Moreover in recent years, certain foreign or external forces have flagrantly interfered in Hong Kong's affairs. They have made intervention and created disturbances in various ways, such as by legislative and administrative means and through non-governmental organizations. In collusion with those anti-China Hong Kong disputers, these same forces colluded with them in disruption […]