衔 (銜) xián

1. xián verb to hold in mouth
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '銜' v 1; Unihan '銜')
2. xián verb to gag
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Unihan '銜')
3. xián verb to accept (orders)
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 接受 (Guoyu '銜' v 2)
4. xián noun a rank; a title
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '銜' n 2)
5. xián noun a bridle; a bit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Agriculture
   Notes: As in 马嚼子 a horse's bridle (Guoyu '銜' n 1; Unihan '銜')
6. xián verb to harbor feelings
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '銜' v 3)
7. xián verb to be thankful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 感谢 (Guoyu '銜' v 4)
8. xián verb to be connected; linked
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 连接 (Guoyu '銜' v 5)

Contained in

• 发衔(髮銜) unbound hair
• 结草衔环(結草銜環) repaying kindness to Jie Cao; to repay kindness
• 领衔主演(領銜主演) leading actors (in a show); starring
• 军衔(軍銜) a military rank
• 名衔(名銜) rank; title
• 衔环结草(銜環結草) repaying kindness to Jie Cao
• 燕子衔泥垒大窝(燕子銜泥壘大窩) the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time; many a little makes a mickle
• 领衔主教(領銜主教) titular bishop
• 头衔(頭銜) title; rank; appellation ; a rank; a title
• 职衔(職銜) title
• 马衔(馬銜) bit; mouthpiece
• 领衔(領銜) leading (role); heading list of signatories; leading actors (in a show); starring
• 荣衔(榮銜) an honorary title
• 钳马衔枚(鉗馬銜枚) with horses and soldiers gagged; (of a marching army) in utter silence
• 学衔(學銜) academic title; rank
• 官衔(官銜) title; official rank
• 警衔(警銜) police rank
• 衔接(銜接) to join together; to combine
• 授衔(授銜) rank of professor; academic title

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百五十九 志第一百十二 選舉五 Volume 159 Treatises 112: Selection and appointment of Officials 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
• 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 12
• 卷二百四十五 列傳第一百三十三 周起元 繆昌期 周順昌 周宗建 黃尊素 李應昇 萬燝 Volume 245 Biographies 133: Zhou Qiyuan, Miao Changqi, Zhou Shunchang, Zhou Zongjian, Huang Zunsu, Li Yingsheng, Wan Jing History of Ming 明史 — count: 9
• 卷二十七 志第十七 符瑞上 Volume 27 Treatises 17: Auspicious Signs 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 9
• 卷九十七 志第五十 河渠七 Volume 97 Treatises 50: Rivers and Canals 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷四十八 志第一 天文一 Volume 48 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷六十六 志第四十二 輿服二 Volume 66 Treatises 42: Carriages and Clothing 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 8
• 卷10　志第5　禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 7
• 卷一百五十 志第一百〇三 輿服二 Volume 150 Treatises 103: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7

Collocations

• 衔命 (銜命) 銜命者 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 13
• 辔衔 (轡銜) 除轡銜 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 9
• 衔璧 (銜璧) 許男面縛銜璧 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 夜衔 (夜銜) 夜銜枚擊項梁 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 6
• 首衔 (首銜) 與夫泥首銜玉者異日談也 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十三 隗囂公孫述列傳 Volume 13: Biographies of Wei Xiao; Gongsun Shu — count: 5
• 衔橛 (銜橛) 銜橛之備 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 奸劫弑臣第十四 Chapter 14: Treacherous, Coercive, and Murderous Officials — count: 4
• 衔恤 (銜恤) 出則銜恤 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧蓼莪 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Liao E — count: 3
• 衔辔 (銜轡) 然而必前有銜轡之制 — Xunzi 荀子, 性惡篇第二十三 Chapter 23: Human Nature is Evil — count: 3
• 鼠衔 (鼠銜) 燕有黃鼠銜其尾舞王宮端門中 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 — count: 3
• 衔土 (銜土) 燕數萬銜土置冢上 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《五宗世家》 House of the Five Clans — count: 3