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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
qiān - to lead along
- to pull (an animal on a tether)
- (bound form) to involve
- to draw in

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 6 4,081 3,614 1,780

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A person 大 pulling an ox 牛 by a rope 冖

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 6 4,081 3,614 1,780
牵扯 6 7 5,432 17,745 19,328
牵涉 - 7 6,066 15,917 30,401
牵连 - - 7,037 18,870 25,103
牵挂 - 8 12,495 9,212 3,946
牵制 6 8 16,364 18,493 24,753
牵强 - - 17,490 30,847 20,539
牵引 - - 17,983 11,506 20,436
顺手牵羊 - - 21,382 52,191 34,874
牵牛花 - - 23,453 68,708 46,251
牵线 - - 26,077 39,962 40,104
魂牵梦萦 - - 37,321 65,180 40,529
牵动 - - 38,571 15,234 16,115
牵头 - 9 40,533 10,772 28,398
牵强附会 - - 46,466 65,903 65,344
牵引力 - - 47,906 47,606 75,147
牵牛 - - 53,767 54,493 43,698
牵就 - - 61,491 - 73,312
牵累 - - 77,103 79,354 90,487
牵牛星 - - 98,776 - 108,200