牵

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 我可以牵着你的手吗？

  Wǒ kě yǐ qiān zhe nǐ de shǒu ma

  May I hold your hand?

• 不止你， 连我也被牵连了。

  Bù zhǐ nǐ lián wǒ yě bèi qiān lián le

  Not only you but also I was involved.

• 我不想被牵扯到这件事里。

  Wǒ bù xiǎng bèi qiān chě dào zhè jiàn shì lǐ

  I don't want to be involved in that matter.

• 这可能听起来牵强，但却是个真实的问题。

  Zhè kě néng tīng qi lai qiān qiǎng dàn què shì gè zhēn shí de wèn tí

  It might sound far-fetched, but this is a real problem.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 牵

• 牵qiān 1to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
• 牵扯qiān chě 1–3 to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated
• 牵制qiān zhì 1–4 to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)
• 牵挂qiān guà 1–4 to worry about; to be concerned about
• 牵涉qiān shè 1–4 to involve; implicated
• 牵头qiān tóu 1–2 to lead (an animal by the head); to take the lead; to coordinate (a combined operation); to mediate; a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)