yǐn

to lead; to guide; to attract

HSK 4 #479

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 479th character
Radical ⼸ (57.1)
Strokes 4
Index # 176

Definitions

引 yǐn
  1. 1. to lead
  2. 2. to guide
  3. 3. to attract
  4. 4. to pull
  5. 5. to draw (e.g. a bow)
  6. 6. to involve or implicate in
  7. 7. to extend
  8. 8. to stretch sth
  9. 9. to lengthen
  10. 10. to provide evidence or justification for
  11. 11. to leave
  12. 12. old unit of distance equal to 10 zhàng, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

Stroke order

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Words containing 引

Word Meaning
to sing at the top of one's voice (idiom)
offer a small idea to invite better ideas
to flirt; (fig.) to attract the opposite sex
index (loanword)
extended meaning (of an expression); derived sense
to attract
to accept responsibility (for a mistake); to take the blame
to make fun of
online crowdsourced hunt for a person’s info
hectometer
attractor (math., dynamical systems)
attractor network
attractor network
to gather one's friends; to band together
to call up all one's associates; rent-a-crowd
to call up all one's associates; rent-a-crowd
earth's gravity
same as yǐn dǎo
same as yǐn dǎo
unit of distance equal to one-thirtieth km or 33.33 meters
fascinating; to enchant
to be intensely proud of sth (idiom)
to be intensely proud of sth (idiom)
to consider sth regrettable (idiom)
to consider sth regrettable (idiom)