牽 (hin1 | qian4/1) : drag; pull; lead along; tug

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牽

hin1

qian4/1

[1] [v] drag; pull; lead by hand; lead along; tug; haul [2] [v] involve; affect [3] [v] control; restrain

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 牛 (#93)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

牽 / 牵

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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牽制 hin1 zai3 qian1 zhi4 = to tie up; to batten down; to curb; to distract

牽引 hin1 jan5 qian1 yin3 = to tow; to pull

牽扯 hin1 ce2 qian1 che3 = to involve; to implicate

牽涉 hin1 sip3 qian1 she4 = to involve; to concern; to drag in; to implicate

牽牛花 hin1 ngau4 faa1 = morning glory

手牽手 sau2 hin1 sau2 shou3 qian1 shou3 = hand in hand

牽手 hin1 sau2 = lead by the hand

牽掛 hin1 gwaa3 = concerned, to worry about

牽引機 hin1 jan5 gei1 qian1 yin3 ji1 = a tractor

牽牛上樹 hin1 ngau4 soeng5 syu6 = to achieve an impossible goal
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Showing 1 example containing 牽

快啲畀電話人啦，費時佢牽腸掛肚噃粵
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.

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Decimal representation of this word: 牽
Unicode code for this character: U+727D (off-site link)

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