"牽線" meaning in Chinese

See 牽線 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /hiːn⁵⁵ siːn³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /kʰan³³ suã⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/, /hiːn⁵⁵ siːn³³/, /kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/, /kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/, /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/, /kʰan³³ suã⁴¹/, /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/, /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/, /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/ Chinese transliterations: qiānxiàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hin¹ sin³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], khiên-sien [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], khiân-sien [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], khan-sòaⁿ, qiānxiàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ciansiàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chʻien¹-hsien⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], chyān-syàn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], chianshiann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цяньсянь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], cjanʹsjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], hīn sin [Cantonese, Yale], hin¹ sin³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hin¹ xin³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], khiên-sien [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kien^ˊ xien [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], kian¹ xian⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], khiân-sien [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], kian^ˊ xien [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], kian¹ xian⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], khan-sòaⁿ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], khan-suànn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], qansvoax [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 牵线
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 牽線
  1. (literally) to pull the string Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-牽線-zh-verb-s2XsPTDw Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 72 19 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 19 3
  2. (figurative) to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull strings Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-牽線-zh-verb-MW0IfeVt
  3. (figurative) to mediate; to act as go-between; to bring (two people) together (in matchmaking) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-牽線-zh-verb-NMIAM5dK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 牽線搭橋, 牵线搭桥
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "牽線搭橋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "牵线搭桥"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "牵线",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "牽線",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 19 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 10 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 19 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pull the string"
      ],
      "id": "en-牽線-zh-verb-s2XsPTDw",
      "links": [
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) to pull the string"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull strings"
      ],
      "id": "en-牽線-zh-verb-MW0IfeVt",
      "links": [
        [
          "manipulate",
          "manipulate"
        ],
        [
          "behind the scenes",
          "behind the scenes"
        ],
        [
          "pull strings",
          "pull strings"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull strings"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to mediate; to act as go-between; to bring (two people) together (in matchmaking)"
      ],
      "id": "en-牽線-zh-verb-NMIAM5dK",
      "links": [
        [
          "mediate",
          "mediate"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "go-between",
          "go-between"
        ],
        [
          "bring",
          "bring"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to mediate; to act as go-between; to bring (two people) together (in matchmaking)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiānxiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hin¹ sin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khiên-sien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khiân-sien"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khan-sòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiānxiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ciansiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻien¹-hsien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyān-syàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chianshiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цяньсянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cjanʹsjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hīn sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hin¹ sin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hin¹ xin³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiːn⁵⁵ siːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khiên-sien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kien^ˊ xien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kian¹ xian⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khiân-sien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kian^ˊ xien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kian¹ xian⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khan-sòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khan-suànn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qansvoax"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan³³ suã⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiːn⁵⁵ siːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan³³ suã⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牽線"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 牽",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 線",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "牽線搭橋"
    },
    {
      "word": "牵线搭桥"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "牵线",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "牽線",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pull the string"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) to pull the string"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull strings"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manipulate",
          "manipulate"
        ],
        [
          "behind the scenes",
          "behind the scenes"
        ],
        [
          "pull strings",
          "pull strings"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull strings"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to mediate; to act as go-between; to bring (two people) together (in matchmaking)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mediate",
          "mediate"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "go-between",
          "go-between"
        ],
        [
          "bring",
          "bring"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to mediate; to act as go-between; to bring (two people) together (in matchmaking)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiānxiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hin¹ sin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khiên-sien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khiân-sien"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khan-sòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiānxiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ciansiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻien¹-hsien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyān-syàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chianshiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цяньсянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cjanʹsjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hīn sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hin¹ sin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hin¹ xin³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiːn⁵⁵ siːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khiên-sien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kien^ˊ xien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kian¹ xian⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khiân-sien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kian^ˊ xien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kian¹ xian⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khan-sòaⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khan-suànn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qansvoax"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan³³ suã⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiːn⁵⁵ siːn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan³³ suã⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牽線"
}

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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "牽線"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
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  "title": "牽線",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ)'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "",
  "title": "牽線",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)'",
  "path": [
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