纏綿

Chinese

		to bother; wind around; wrap round to bother; wind around; wrap round; coil; involve; annoy; tangle	cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy
trad. (纏綿)		纏	綿
simp. (缠绵)		缠	绵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chánmián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ min⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiân-biân / tîⁿ-mî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chánmián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chánmián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-mien²
    • Yale: chán-myán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnmian
    • Palladius: чаньмянь (čanʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ min⁴
    • Yale: chìhn mìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ min⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ min⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ miːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiân-biân
    • Tâi-lô: tiân-biân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dienbieen
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tiɛn²⁴⁻²² biɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn¹³⁻²² biɛn¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîⁿ-mî
    • Tâi-lô: tînn-mî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvimii
    • IPA (Taipei): /tĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ mĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tĩ²³⁻³³ mĩ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: drjen mjien

Rime
Character	纏	綿
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直連切	武延切
Baxter	drjen	mjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇn/	/miᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛn/	/miɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiæn/	/mjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖian/	/mian/
Li Rong	/ȡjɛn/	/miɛn/
Wang Li	/ȡĭɛn/	/mĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ɛn/	/mi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán	mián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin4	min4

Adjective

纏綿

1. entangled in; caught up (in relationships)

   • 半生爲有情所困。我愛人愛，纏綿不可解。雖鳥獸，飼而馴之，輒戀其主人。花則不然，我愛而彼漠然無情，故可喜也。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《古芸堂筆記/고운당필기》, 1790s

     Bansaeng wi yujeong so gon. A ae in ae, jeonmyeon bulga hae. Su jogeum, sa i hun ji, cheop ryeon gi ju'in. Hwa jeuk buryeon, a ae i pi magyeon mujeong, go ga hui ya. [Sino-Korean]

     For half a lifetime, I have been prisoner to strong feelings. If I love someone, they love me back, and we are entangled and cannot become free of each other. Even for birds and animals, if you feed and train them, they will always love their master. But flowers: they are not like this. If I love a flower, it remains apathetic and feelingless. That is why flowers are pleasant.

2. (of disease) lingering
3. (of tune) melodious and moving

Derived terms

• 病榻纏綿／病榻缠绵 (bìngtàchánmián)
• 纏綿悱惻／缠绵悱恻 (chánmiánfěicè)

 

Related terms

• 綢繆／绸缪 (chóumóu)