牵 qiān
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
牵挂
qiānguà
to worry about; to miss; to be concerned about
Characters in this word
挂 guà
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 圭 jade tablet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 身在海外多年，他最牵挂的仍是年迈父母的健康。 Shēn zài hǎiwài duō nián, tā zuì qiānguà de réng shì niánmài fùmǔ de jiànkāng. After many years overseas, what he still worries about most is the health of his elderly parents.
- 孩子第一次出门远行，妈妈日夜牵挂他的安全。 Háizi dì yī cì chūmén yuǎnxíng, māma rìyè qiānguà tā de ānquán. When her child travelled far from home for the first time, the mother worried about his safety day and night.
- 虽然相隔千里，我们心里始终牵挂着家乡的亲人。 Suīrán xiāng gé qiān lǐ, wǒmen xīnlǐ shǐzhōng qiānguàzhe jiāxiāng de qīnrén. Although we are a thousand miles apart, our hearts are always with our relatives back home.
Related words
- 牵 qiān to pull, to involve
- 牵扯 qiānchě to involve; to be connected with
- 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
- 挂 guà to hang
- 挂钩 guàgōu to link with; hook
- 挂念 guàniàn to miss; to worry about
- 挂失 guàshī to report the loss of something
- 悬挂 xuánguà to hang; to suspend
- 念念不忘 niànniànbúwàng to keep thinking about; to be unable to forget
- 恋恋不舍 liànliànbùshě reluctant to part; unable to tear oneself away