牽線

Chinese

		lead along	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (牽線/牽綫)		牽	線/綫
simp. (牵线)		牵	线

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ sin³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiên-sien / khiân-sien
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-sòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciansiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-hsien⁴
  - Yale: chyān-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianshiann
  - Palladius: цяньсянь (cjanʹsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹ sin³
  - Yale: hīn sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ siːn³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên-sien
  - Hakka Romanization System: kien´ xien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ xian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân-sien
  - Hakka Romanization System: kian´ xien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ xian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕi̯en⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khan-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qansvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ suã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/

Verb

牽線

(literally) to pull the string
(figurative) to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull strings
(figurative) to mediate; to act as go-between; to bring (two people) together (in matchmaking)

Derived terms

牽線搭橋／牵线搭桥

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