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

• 引水工程 water-induction engineering; irrigation engineering
• 引蛇出洞 to pull a snake from its hole; to expose a malefactor
• 引颈就戮(引頸就戮) to extend one's neck in preparation for execution
• 繁征博引(繁徵博引) an elaborate string of references; many quotations
• 人肉搜索引擎 human flesh search engine; a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event
• 引火柴 kindling
• 单引号(單引號) a single quotation mark
• 引渡 to extradite
• 引着(引著) to ignite; to kindle
• 引种(引種) to plant an introduced variety
• 援引 to quote; to cite
• 牵引力(牽引力) motive force; traction
• 引鬼上门(引鬼上門) to invite the devil to one's house; to introduce a potential source of trouble
• 引证(引證) citation
• 牵引车(牽引車) tractor
• 引唱人 cantor
• 吸引 to attract
• 钞引(鈔引) paper money
• 引线(引線) fuse (for an explosive device); electrical lead; intermediary; catalyst; (dialect) sewing needle
• 招商引资(招商引資) investment promotion
• 引叙(引敘) reported speech (in grammar)
• 引流 to drain; (medicine) drainage
• 称引(稱引) to cite as evidence ; to describe; to state
• 引领(引領) to lead; to receive
• 引擎盖(引擎蓋) (car) hood; bonnet
• 前引 to lead forward
• 引兵 to lead troops
• 卡片索引 card index
• 引言 introduction
• 勾引 to seduce; to tempt
• 引动(引動) to arouse; to initiate
• 引力波 gravity waves
• 招蜂引蝶 (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies; to attract the opposite sex; to flirt
• 引信 a detonator
• 引用句 quotation
• 引述 to quote
• 引申义(引申義) extended meaning
• 引起 to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
• 呼朋引类(呼朋引類) to call up all one's associates; rent-a-crowd
• 引得 index
• 翘足引领(翹足引領) waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck; to look forward eagerly; to long for; also pr.
• 触发引信(觸發引信) an impact detonator
• 呼朋引伴 to gather one's friends; to band together
• 征引(徵引) to call to service; to appoint ; a reference citation
• 引爆 to cause to burn; to ignite; to detonate; a fuse
• 引池 taken from ponds

Also contained in

索引 、 隐含语义索引 、 索引键 、 搜索引擎 、 茶引

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• 卷八十 志第五十六 食貨四 Volume 80 Treatises 56: Finance and Economics 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 156
• 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 141
• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 126
• 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
• 卷九十七　志第四十五下: 食貨五 Volume 97 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 119
• 卷九十四　志第四十三: 　食貨二 Volume 94 Treatises 47: Finance and Economics 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 108
• 第二 律曆中 賈逵論曆 永元論曆 延光論曆 漢安論曆 熹平論曆 論月食 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 93
• 卷七十六　志第二十七上: 祭祀五 Volume 76 Treatises 29: Offerings 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 73
• 卷一百二十一 志第七十四 禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24 History of Song 宋史 — count: 72
• 卷三十八　志第十九:　禮十一 外國使入見儀 曲宴儀 朝辭儀 新定夏使儀注 Volume 38 Treatises 19: Rites 11 - Ceremonies for Receiving Foreign Emissaries; Music for Banquets; Farewell Rituals; Ceremonies for Newly Appointed Officials History of Jin 金史 — count: 65

Collocations

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 属引 (屬引) 属引 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 既夕禮 第十三 13. (Mourning procedures of) the evening preceding burial — count: 2
• 引类 (引類) 引類於太極之上 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 2
• 妄引 (妄引) 若妄引上古 — Xunzi 荀子, 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians — count: 2
• 引弦 (引弦) 引弦鹿長奴 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備高臨 Book 14 - Defense against Attack from an Elevation — count: 2
• 不能引 (不能引) 不能引 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings — count: 2