牽引

See also: 牵引

Chinese

	lead along	to lead; to divert (water); to guide
trad. (牽引)	牽	引
simp. (牵引)	牵	引
anagram	引牽／引牵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānyǐn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ jan⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiên-yîn / khiân-yîn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-ín / khian-ín

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānyǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄧㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianyǐn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-yin³
  - Yale: chyān-yǐn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianyiin
  - Palladius: цяньинь (cjanʹinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹ jan⁵
  - Yale: hīn yáhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ jan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ yen⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ jɐn¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên-yîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: kien^ˊ in^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ yin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ in²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân-yîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: kian^ˊ (r)in^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ yin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)in²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-ín
  - Tâi-lô: khan-ín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qan'ien
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² in⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ in⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian-ín
  - Tâi-lô: khian-ín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qien'ien
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴¹/

Verb

牽引

to pull; to tow; to haul
(medicine) to carry out traction
(literary) to involve in trouble; to implicate
(literary) to rope in; to get (someone) involved (often through unscrupulous means such as bribery)

Synonyms

(to pull):

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扳
拖 (tuō)
拉動 / 拉动 (lādòng)
拖拉 (tuōlā)
拖曳 (tuōyè)
挽 (wǎn)

(to involve in trouble):

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拖累 (tuōlěi)
株連 / 株连 (zhūlián) (in a criminal case)
牽累 / 牵累 (qiānlěi)
牽連 / 牵连 (qiānlián)
連帶 / 连带 (liándài)
連累 / 连累

(to rope in): 拉攏／拉拢 (lālǒng)

Derived terms

牽引光束 / 牵引光束 (qiānyǐn guāngshù)
牽引力 / 牵引力
牽引機 / 牵引机
牽引波束 / 牵引波束 (qiānyǐn bōshù)
牽引療法 / 牵引疗法
牽引車 / 牵引车 (qiānyǐnchē)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牽	引
けん Jinmeiyō	いん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
けん引

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ]

Noun

牽(けん)引(いん) • (ken'in)

traction; towage
driving growth

Verb

牽(けん)引(いん)する • (ken'in suru) transitive suru (stem 牽(けん)引(いん)し (ken'in shi), past 牽(けん)引(いん)した (ken'in shita))

pull, tow
drive growth, especially of an economy or market
- 2025 March 27, 堂込麻紀子 [Makiko Dōgomi], quotee, “第217回国会　参議院　財政金融委員会　第5号　令和7年3月27日 [217th Diet House of Councilors Committee on Financial Affairs No. 5 March 27, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 31 August 2025:
  現に足下では、景気を牽引するはずの個人消費が伸び悩んでいます。
  Gen ni ashimoto de wa, keiki o ken'in suru hazu no kojin shōhi ga nobinayande i masu.
  In fact, personal consumption, which is supposed to drive the economy, is currently sluggish.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "牽引する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	牽引し	けんいんし	ken'in shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	牽引し	けんいんし	ken'in shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	牽引する	けんいんする	ken'in suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	牽引する	けんいんする	ken'in suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	牽引すれ	けんいんすれ	ken'in sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	牽引せよ¹ 牽引しろ²	けんいんせよ¹ けんいんしろ²	ken'in seyo¹ ken'in shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	牽引される	けんいんされる	ken'in sareru
Causative	牽引させる牽引さす	けんいんさせるけんいんさす	ken'in saseru ken'in sasu
Potential	牽引できる	けんいんできる	ken'in dekiru
Volitional	牽引しよう	けんいんしよう	ken'in shiyō
Negative	牽引しない	けんいんしない	ken'in shinai
Negative continuative	牽引せず	けんいんせず	ken'in sezu
Formal	牽引します	けんいんします	ken'in shimasu
Perfective	牽引した	けんいんした	ken'in shita
Conjunctive	牽引して	けんいんして	ken'in shite
Hypothetical conditional	牽引すれば	けんいんすれば	ken'in sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“^▲牽引”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026