牽〔牵〕 hin¹ {qiān}

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

牽絆〔牵绊〕 hin¹ bun⁶ {qiān bàn}

1. to bind
2. to yoke
3. to impede

牽扯〔牵-〕 hin¹ ce² {qiān chě}

1. to involve
2. to implicate

牽纏〔牵缠〕 hin¹ cin⁴ {qiān chán}

1. to involve
2. to entangle sb

牽動〔牵动〕 hin¹ dung⁶ {qiān dòng}

1. to affect
2. to produce a change in sth

牽扶〔牵-〕 hin¹ fu⁴ {qiān fú}

to lead

牽記〔牵记〕 hin¹ gei³ {qiān jì}

1. to feel anxious about sth
2. unable to stop thinking about sth
3. to miss

牽掛〔牵挂〕 hin¹ gwaa³ {qiān guà}

1. to worry about
2. to be concerned about

牽引〔牵-〕 hin¹ jan⁵ {qiān yǐn}

1. to pull
2. to draw (a cart)
3. to tow

牽強〔牵强〕 hin¹ koeng⁵ {qiān qiǎng}

1. far-fetched
2. implausible (chain of reasoning)

牽累〔牵-〕 hin¹ leoi⁶ {qiān lèi}

1. to weigh down
2. tied down (by affairs)

牽連〔牵连〕 hin¹ lin⁴ {qiān lián}

1. to implicate
2. implicated
3. to link together

牽牛〔牵-〕 hin¹ ngau⁴ {Qiān niú}

1. Altair (star)
2. Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女

牽牛〔牵-〕 hin¹ ngau⁴ {qiān niú}

morning glory (Pharbitis nil)

牽心〔牵-〕 hin¹ sam¹ {qiān xīn}

1. to worry
2. concerned

牽手〔牵-〕 hin¹ sau² {qiān shǒu}

to hold hands

牽線〔牵线〕 hin¹ sin³ {qiān xiàn}

1. to pull strings
2. to manipulate (a puppet)
3. to control from behind the scene
4. to mediate

牽繩〔牵绳〕 hin¹ sing⁴ {qiān shéng}

tow rope

牽涉〔牵-〕 hin¹ sip³ {qiān shè}

1. to involve
2. implicated

牽頭〔牵头〕 hin¹ tau⁴ {qiān tóu}

1. to lead (an animal by the head)
2. to take the lead
3. to coordinate (a combined operation)
4. to mediate
5. a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)

牽制〔牵-〕 hin¹ zai³ {qiān zhì}

1. to control
2. to curb
3. to restrict
4. to impede
5. to pin down (enemy troops)

牽掣〔牵-〕 hin¹ zai³ {qiān chè}

1. to impede
2. to hold up

牽就〔牵-〕 hin¹ zau⁶ {qiān jiù}

1. to concede
2. to give up

牽引機〔牵-机〕 hin¹ jan⁵ gei¹ {qiān yǐn jī}

a tractor

牽引車〔牵-车〕 hin¹ jan⁵ ce¹ {qiān yǐn chē}

tractor

牽引力〔牵--〕 hin¹ jan⁵ lik⁶ {qiān yǐn lì}

1. motive force
2. traction

牽牛花〔牵--〕 hin¹ ngau⁴ faa¹ {qiān niú huā}

white-edged morning glory

牽牛星〔牵--〕 hin¹ ngau⁴ sing¹ {Qiān niú xīng}

1. Altair (star)
2. Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女

牽牛屬〔牵-属〕 hin¹ ngau⁴ suk⁶ {qiān niú shǔ}

Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛 (Pharbitis nil)

牽線人〔牵线-〕 hin¹ sin³ jan⁴ {qiān xiàn rén}

a controller

牽涉到〔牵--〕 hin¹ sip³ dou³ {qiān shè dào}

1. to involve
2. to drag in

牽腸掛肚〔牵肠挂-〕 hin¹ coeng⁴ gwaa³ tou⁵ {qiān cháng guà dù}

deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious

牽羊擔酒〔牵-担-〕 hin¹ joeng⁴ daam¹ zau² {qiān yáng dān jiǔ}

1. pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations
2. to kill the fatted calf

牽強附會〔牵强-会〕 hin¹ koeng⁵ fu⁶ wui⁶ {qiān qiǎng fù huì}

to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)

牽心掛腸〔牵-挂肠〕 hin¹ sam¹ gwaa³ coeng⁴ {qiān xīn guà cháng}

1. to worry deeply about sth
2. extremely concerned

牽著鼻子走〔牵着---〕 hin¹ zoek⁶ bei⁶ zi² zau² {qiān zhe bí zi zǒu}

to lead by the nose

牽一髮而動全身〔牵-发-动--〕 hin¹ jat¹ faat³ ji⁴ dung⁶ cyun⁴ san¹ {qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēn}

1. lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves
2. fig. a slight change will affect everything else
3. the butterfly effect

牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難〔牵马----强马饮-难〕 hin¹ maa⁵ dou³ ho⁴ ji⁶ ，koeng⁴ maa⁵ jam² seoi² naan⁴ {qiān mǎ dào hé yì , qiǎng mǎ yǐn shuǐ nán}

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)