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qiān
to drag, to pull, to lead by the hand
💡 Ideographic: A person 大 pulling an ox 牛 by a rope 冖
HSK 6 ✏️ 9 strokes Common • Top 17%

Words Using 牵 (45)

qiān
HSK 6
to pull (an animal on a tether) / to lead along / to hold hands
牵制
qiānzhì
HSK 6
to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops)
牵扯
qiānchě
HSK 6
to involve / to implicate
牵连
qiānlián
to implicate / implicated / to link together
牵线
qiānxiàn
to pull strings / to manipulate (a puppet) / to control from behind the scene / to mediate
牵一发而动全身
qiānyīfàérdòngquánshēn
lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves / fig. a slight change will affect everything else / the butterfly effect
拖牵索道
tuōqiānsuǒdào
anchor lift (ski-lift)
牵就
qiānjiù
to concede / to give up
无牵无挂
wúqiānwúguà
to have no cares / to be carefree
牵动
qiāndòng
to affect / to produce a change in sth
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