牽累

See also: 牵累

Chinese

		lead along	accumulate; implicate; tired accumulate; implicate; tired; cumbersome
trad. (牽累/牽纍)		牽	累/纍
simp. (牵累)		牵	累

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānlěi, qiānlèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄟˇ, ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ leoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-lūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānlěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianlěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-lei³
    • Yale: chyān-lěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianleei
    • Palladius: цяньлэй (cjanʹlɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānlèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianlèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-lei⁴
    • Yale: chyān-lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianley
    • Palladius: цяньлэй (cjanʹlɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ leoi⁶
    • Yale: hīn leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ lɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-lūi
    • Tâi-lô: khan-luī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qanlui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² lui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ lui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² lui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ lui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ lui³³/

Verb

牽累

1. to be tied down (by affairs)

   你那麼能幹，絕不要被小事牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
   你那么能干，绝不要被小事牵累。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ nàme nénggàn, jué bùyào bèi xiǎoshì qiānlěi. [Pinyin]

   You're so competent; don't ever let something trivial tie you down.

2. to involve in trouble; to implicate

   他在某罪案中受人牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
   他在某罪案中受人牵累。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zài mǒu zuì'àn zhōng shòu rén qiānlěi. [Pinyin]

   He is implicated with others in a crime.

Synonyms

• (to involve in trouble):

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• 拖累 (tuōlěi)
• 株連 / 株连 (zhūlián) (in a criminal case)
• 牽引 / 牵引 (qiānyǐn) (literary)
• 牽連 / 牵连 (qiānlián)
• 連帶 / 连带 (liándài)
• 連累 / 连累

 

Noun

牽累

1. burden

   要想外出度假時，寵物會成為牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
   要想外出度假时，宠物会成为牵累。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yào xiǎng wàichū dùjià shí, chǒngwù huì chéngwéi qiānlěi. [Pinyin]

   Pets can be a burden when you want to go away on holiday.