Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- qiān
English
- drag, pull, lead by hand
- to lead along
- to hold by the hand; to tow, pull, or guide by pulling
- to pull (an animal on a tether)
- metaphor for inter-relationship or involvement
- (bound form) to involve
- to draw in
粵語
- 用手引領某啲嘢；拉
- 同某啲嘢有連繫
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 牽
- 牽引hin1 jan5
to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow
- 牽連hin1 lin4
to implicate
- 牽涉hin1 sip3
to involve
- 牽扯hin1 ce2
to involve; to implicate
- 牽制hin1 zai3
to control
- 牽動hin1 dung6
to affect
- 牽掛hin1 gwaa3
to worry about
- 牽強hin1 koeng5
far-fetched
- 牽紅線hin1 hung4 sin3
to play matchmaker
- 牽心hin1 sam1
to worry
- 牽扶hin1 fu4
to lead
- 牽牛花hin1 ngau4 faa1
white-edged morning glory
- 牽繩hin1 sing4
tow rope
- 牽掣hin1 zai3
to impede
- 拘牽keoi1 hin1
restrained
- 牽絆hin1 bun6
to bind
- 牽頭hin1 tau4
to lead (an animal by the head)
- 牽引車hin1 jan5 ce1
tractor unit; tractor truck; prime mover
- 牽引機hin1 jan5 gei1
a tractor
- 牽引力hin1 jan5 lik6
motive force
- 牽手hin1 sau2
to hold hands
- 牽就hin1 zau6
to concede
- 牽線hin1 sin3
to pull strings
- 牽帶hin1 daai3