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牽

qiān

drag, pull, lead by hand

Strokes
11
Radical
牛
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 牵

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 牵, the simplified form of 牽. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

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)