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牽

qiān

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Verb

牽 (qiān) is a Chinese word meaning “to lead along”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to lead along
  2. to pull (an animal on a tether)
  3. (bound form) to involve
  4. to draw in

Stroke order

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Example

媽媽牽著孩子過馬路。

The mother holds her child's hand to cross the road.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).