牵 qiān
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
牵头
qiāntóu
to take the lead; to spearhead
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这项跨省治理工程由水利部牵头，多个地方政府共同参与。 Zhè xiàng kuàshěng zhìlǐ gōngchéng yóu Shuǐlìbù qiāntóu, duō ge dìfāng zhèngfǔ gòngtóng cānyù. This cross-provincial governance project is led by the Ministry of Water Resources, with several local governments participating.
- 这次研究的课题由我们系的王教授牵头，成果很显著。 Zhè cì yánjiū de kètí yóu wǒmen xì de Wáng jiàoshòu qiāntóu, chéngguǒ hěn xiǎnzhù. The research topic is led by Professor Wang from our department, and the results are remarkable.
- 公司派他牵头负责这个新项目，希望年底前完成。 Gōngsī pài tā qiāntóu fùzé zhè ge xīn xiàngmù, xīwàng niándǐ qián wánchéng. The company has assigned him to take the lead on this new project, hoping to finish it before the end of the year.
Related words
- 牵 qiān to pull, to involve
- 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
- 牵制 qiānzhì to contain; to pin down; to restrict
- 点头 diǎntóu to nod
- 里头 lǐtou inside
- 头 tóu head
- 头 tou place (noun suffix)
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 老头儿 lǎotóur old man
- 木头 mùtou wood