牵 qiān
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
牵
qiān
to pull, to involve
Character
Example phrases
- 护士轻轻牵着老人，让他慢慢走进检查室。 Hùshi qīngqīng qiān zhe lǎorén, ràng tā mànmàn zǒu jìn jiǎncháshì. The nurse gently held the elderly man and led him slowly into the examination room.
- 妈妈牵着孩子的手过马路。 Māma qiānzhe háizi de shǒu guò mǎlù. Mom holds the child's hand to cross the road.
- 农夫牵着一头牛走在田间小路上。 Nóngfū qiānzhe yì tóu niú zǒu zài tiánjiān xiǎolù shàng. The farmer leads an ox along a path between the fields.
Related words
- 牵扯 qiānchě to involve; to be connected with
- 牵挂 qiānguà to worry about; to miss; to be concerned about
- 牵涉 qiānshè to involve; to implicate; to concern
- 牵头 qiāntóu to take the lead; to spearhead
- 牵制 qiānzhì to contain; to pin down; to restrict
- 聚集 jùjí to gather
- 扭 niǔ to twist, to turn
- 来往 láiwǎng to come and go
- 踩 cǎi to step on
- 往来 wǎnglái to come and go
- 睁 zhēng to open
- 散 sàn to scatter, to disperse