牽引

See also: 牵引

Chinese

		lead along	to lead; to divert (water); to guide
trad. (牽引)		牽	引
simp. (牵引)		牵	引
anagram		引牽／引牵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānyǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ jan⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiên-yîn / khiân-yîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-ín / khian-ín

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānyǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianyǐn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-yin³
    • Yale: chyān-yǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianyiin
    • Palladius: цяньинь (cjanʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ jan⁵
    • Yale: hīn yáhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ jan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ yen⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ jɐn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên-yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien´ in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ in²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân-yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: kian´ (r)in´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)in²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-ín
    • Tâi-lô: khan-ín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qan'ien
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² in⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ in⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian-ín
    • Tâi-lô: khian-ín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qien'ien
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴¹/

Verb

牽引

1. to pull; to tow; to haul
2. (medicine) to carry out traction
3. (literary) to involve in trouble; to implicate
4. (literary) to rope in; to get (someone) involved (often through unscrupulous means such as bribery)

Synonyms

• (to pull):

• 扳
• 拖 (tuō)
• 拉動／拉动 (lādòng)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖曳 (tuōyè)
• 挽 (wǎn)

 

• (to involve in trouble):

• 拖累 (tuōlěi)
• 株連／株连 (zhūlián) (in a criminal case)
• 牽累／牵累 (qiānlěi)
• 牽連／牵连 (qiānlián)
• 連帶／连带 (liándài)
• 連累／连累

 

• (to rope in): 拉攏／拉拢 (lālǒng)

Derived terms

• 牽引光束／牵引光束 (qiānyǐn guāngshù)
• 牽引力／牵引力
• 牽引機／牵引机
• 牽引波束／牵引波束 (qiānyǐn bōshù)
• 牽引療法／牵引疗法
• 牽引車／牵引车 (qiānyǐnchē)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牽	引
けん Jinmeiyō	いん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
けん引

Noun

牽(けん)引(いん) • (ken'in) 

1. traction
2. towage

Verb

牽(けん)引(いん)する • (ken'in suru) suru (stem 牽(けん)引(いん)し (ken'in shi), past 牽(けん)引(いん)した (ken'in shita))

1. pull, tow

Conjugation

Conjugation of "牽引する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	牽引し	けんいんし	ken'in shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	牽引し	けんいんし	ken'in shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	牽引する	けんいんする	ken'in suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	牽引する	けんいんする	ken'in suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	牽引すれ	けんいんすれ	ken'in sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	牽引せよ¹ 牽引しろ²	けんいんせよ¹ けんいんしろ²	ken'in seyo¹ ken'in shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	牽引される	けんいんされる	ken'in sareru
Causative	牽引させる 牽引さす	けんいんさせる けんいんさす	ken'in saseru ken'in sasu
Potential	牽引できる	けんいんできる	ken'in dekiru
Volitional	牽引しよう	けんいんしよう	ken'in shiyō
Negative	牽引しない	けんいんしない	ken'in shinai
Negative continuative	牽引せず	けんいんせず	ken'in sezu
Formal	牽引します	けんいんします	ken'in shimasu
Perfective	牽引した	けんいんした	ken'in shita
Conjunctive	牽引して	けんいんして	ken'in shite
Hypothetical conditional	牽引すれば	けんいんすれば	ken'in sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative