引 (jan5 | yin3 yin4) : pull; attract; guide

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引

jan5

yin3 yin4

[1] [v] pull; attract [2] [v] guide [3] [v] introduce [4] [v] quote [5] [v] retire [6] [v] cause; make [7] a unit of length

Stroke count: 4

Level: 2

Radical: 弓 (#57)

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

引

This word has been viewed 9139 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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吸引 kap1 jan5 xi1 yin3 = to attract, be attractive

引力 jan5 lik6 = gravity

引號 jan5 hou6 = quotation mark; quotes

單引號 daan1 jan5 hou6 = single quotation mark; single quote

雙引號 soeng1 jan5 hou6 = double quotation mark; double quote

索引 saak3 jan5 suo3 yin3 = index

引進 jan5 zeon3 yin3 jin4 = introduce from elsewhere

引起 jan5 hei2 yin3 qi3 = to give rise to

引誘 jan5 jau5 yin3 you4 = to coerce; to lure

引用 jan5 jung6 yin3 yong4 = to quote; to cite
See all 66 compounds (CantoDict reports 71 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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佳叔引咎辭職
Uncle Gaai took the blame for the mistake and resigned from work.

佢一句話﹐引到成屋人都笑起嚟。粵
His remark set everyone in the house roaring with laughter.
[起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'starting to ...'.]

大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

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Decimal representation of this word: 引
Unicode code for this character: U+5F15 (off-site link)

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