引 yǐn

1. yǐn verb to lead; to guide
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 引导 (ABC 'yǐn' 1 引 v; GHC '引' 9; Kroll 2015 '引' 2; NCCED '引' 5)
2. yǐn verb to draw a bow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 拉弓 or 开弓 in this sense (GHC '引' 1; Kroll 2015 '引' 1; NCCED '引' 1)
3. yǐn verb to prolong; to extend; to lengthen
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 延长 or 延续 in this sense (GHC '引' 4)
4. yǐn verb to stretch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 伸 in this sense (ABC 'yǐn' 1 引 bf 1; Kroll 2015 '引' 1a; NCCED '引' 2)
5. yǐn verb to involve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 牵连 or 攀供 in this sense (ABC 'yǐn' 1 引 bf 3; Kroll 2015 '引' 2a)
6. yǐn verb to quote; to cite
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 援引 or 引用 in this sense (ABC 'yǐn' 1 引 bf 4; GHC '引' 12； Kroll 2015 '引' 2b; NCCED '引' 8)
7. yǐn verb to propose; to nominate; to recommend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 荐举 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '引' 3; GHC '引' 8; NCCED '引' 7)
8. yǐn verb to recruit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 招致 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '引' 2a)
9. yǐn verb to hold
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 举 or 拿 (GHC '引' 6)
10. yǐn verb to withdraw; to leave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 退避 in this sense (ABC 'yǐn' 1 引 bf 5; GHC '引' 11; Kroll 2015 '引' 4; NCCED '引' 9)
11. yǐn noun a strap for pulling a cart
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    
12. yǐn noun a preface ; a forward
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 序言 in this sense (ABC 'yǐn' 1 引 n; Kroll 2015 '引' 6)
13. yǐn noun a license
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 凭证 in this sense
14. yǐn adjective long
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 长久 in this sense
15. yǐn measure word yin; a measure of distance about 1/30th of a km
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'yǐn' 1 引 m 1; GHC '引' 16; NCCED '引' 3)
16. yǐn verb to cause
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 引发 (ABC 'yǐn' 1 引 bf 2; NCCED '引' 6)
17. yǐn measure word yin; a measure of for salt certificates
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'yǐn' 1 引 m 2; GHC '引' 17)
18. yǐn verb to pull; to draw
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 引 means 牵引. For example, 引车 'to draw a cart' (GHC '引' 2, 3; Kroll 2015 '引' 1b; NCCED '引' 4).
19. yǐn noun a refrain; a tune
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '引' 15; Kroll 2015 '引' 5)
20. yǐn verb to grow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 生长 (GHC '引' 5)
21. yǐn verb to command
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 率领 (GHC '引' 7)
22. yǐn verb to accuse
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 检举 (GHC '引' 10)
23. yǐn verb to commit suicide
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 自杀 (GHC '引' 13)
24. yǐn noun a genre
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 文体 (GHC '引' 14)
25. yǐn measure word yin; a weight measure
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '引' 18)
26. yǐn noun yin; a unit of paper money
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '引' 19)

Contained in

• 引号完毕(引號完畢) unquote; end of quote
• 招商引资(招商引資) investment promotion
• 引水入墙(引水入牆) to lead the water through the wall; to ask for trouble
• 引种(引種) to plant an introduced variety
• 吸引子 attractor (dynamical systems)
• 牵引机(牽引機) tractor
• 逗引 to tease
• 索引典 thesaurus
• 汲引高风(汲引高風) to imitate a person of lofty character
• 引脚(引腳) lead; pin
• 牵引(牽引) to cite ; to drag; to pull ; to involve ; to give rise to; to lead to
• 引鬼上门(引鬼上門) to invite the devil to one's house; to introduce a potential source of trouble
• 引体向上(引體向上) chin-up (physical exercise)
• 引池 taken from ponds
• 引火柴 kindling
• 呼朋引类(呼朋引類) to call up all one's associates; rent-a-crowd
• 人肉搜索引擎 human flesh search engine; a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event
• 地心引力 earth's gravity
• 引发(引發) to lead to; to trigger; to initiate
• 引水工程 water-induction engineering; irrigation engineering
• 引号完(引號完) unquote; end of quote
• 引以为憾(引以為憾) to consider regrettable
• 引用 to quote; to cite
• 牵引力(牽引力) motive force; traction
• 引理 lemma
• 引火 to kindle; to light a fire
• 引力场(引力場) a gravitational field
• 引荐(引薦) to recommend; to give a referral
• 引玉之砖(引玉之磚) a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade
• 引爆装置(引爆裝置) detonator
• 引火烧身(引火燒身) to invite trouble
• 引吭高歌 to sign at the top of one's voice
• 引魂 to summon the soul
• 称引(稱引) to cite as evidence ; to describe; to state
• 繁征博引(繁徵博引) an elaborate string of references; many quotations
• 转引(轉引) to quote from secondary source
• 引河 irrigation channel
• 公引 hectometer
• 引人入胜(引人入勝) to enchant; fascinating
• 招引 to attract [new members]; to recommend [joining]
• 卡片索引 card index
• 引言 introduction
• 引柴 kindling (to light a fire)
• 全引文 full citation
• 引以为荣(引以為榮) to regard it as an honor
• 接引 to guide; to welcome in

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引导扇区 、 索引键 、 搜寻引擎 、 潜在语义索引 、 网络搜索引擎

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• 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 141
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• 卷六十七　志第十八: 　禮樂一 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Rites and Music 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 121
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Collocations

• 引车 (引車) 引車者二六而後之 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六　說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 4
• 引军 (引軍) 引軍而退 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 初見秦第一 Chapter 1: Initial Interview with the King of Qin — count: 4
• 物引 (物引) 乃始攬物引類 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十一　要略 Chapter 21: Summary — count: 3
• 引十 (引十) 引十之半而藏四 — Guanzi 管子, 山權數第七十五 Chapter 75: Methods for Administering Mountain Areas — count: 3
• 引绳 (引繩) 不引繩之外 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 大體第二十九 Chapter 29: Cardinal Principles — count: 3
• 替引 (替引) 勿替引之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧楚茨 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Chhu Ci — count: 2
• 引弓 (引弓) 引弓而射 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七　說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 2
• 推引 (推引) 以車推引之 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備梯 Book 14 - Defense against Attack with Ladders — count: 2
• 引重 (引重) 引重鼎不程其力 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《儒行》 The Conduct of the Scholar — count: 2
• 引铁 (引鐵) 慈石之引鐵 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 2