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引

yǐn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character

引 (yǐn) means "to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 引 means

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

Example sentences

• 请关闭引擎。
  Please turn off your engine.
• 引擎运转良好。
  The engine works well.
• 自慰引发疯狂。
  Masturbation leads to insanity.
• 汤姆发动了引擎。
  Tāngmǔ fādòng le yǐnqíng.
  Tom started the engine.
• 飞蛾被光线吸引。
  Fēi'é bèi guāngxiàn xīyǐn.
  Moths are attracted by light.
• 他常引用米尔顿。
  Tā cháng yǐnyòng Mǐ'ěrdùn.
  He often quotes Milton.

Words starting with 引

• 引用yǐn yòngto quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint; (computing) reference
• 引起yǐn qǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
• 引导yǐn dǎoto guide; to lead (around); to conduct
• 引擎yǐn qíngengine (loanword)
• 引发yǐn fāto lead to; to trigger; to initiate
• 引进yǐn jìnto recommend; to introduce (from outside)
• 引入yǐn rùto draw into; to pull into; to introduce
• 引人注目yǐn rén zhù mùto attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous
• 引领yǐn lǐngto crane one's neck; to await eagerly; to lead
• 引诱yǐn yòuto coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce
• 引文yǐn wénquotation; citation
• 引出yǐn chūto extract; to draw out
• 引得yǐn déindex (loanword)
• 引爆yǐn bàoto ignite; to detonate
• 引述yǐn shùto quote
• 引申yǐn shēnto extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc); derivation
• 引向yǐn xiàngto lead to; to draw to; to steer towards
• 引力yǐn lìgravitation (force); attraction
• 引人入胜yǐn rén rù shèngto enchant; fascinating
• 引子yǐn ziintroduction; primer; opening words
• 引路yǐn lùto guide; to show the way
• 引渡yǐn dùto extradite
• 引人注意yǐn rén zhù yìto attract attention
• 引号yǐn hàoquotation mark (punct.)

Words containing 引

• 吸引xī yǐnto attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
• 吸引力xī yǐn lìattractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness
• 索引suǒ yǐnindex
• 搜索引擎sōu suǒ yǐn qíngsearch engine
• 指引zhǐ yǐnto guide; to show; to point (the way)
• 勾引gōu yǐnto seduce; to tempt
• 牵引qiān yǐnto pull; to draw (a cart); to tow
• 招商引资zhāo shāng yǐn zīinvestment promotion
• 接引jiē yǐnto greet and usher in (guests, newcomers etc); (Buddhism) to receive into the Pure Land
• 援引yuán yǐnto quote; to cite; to recommend (a friend, an associate etc)
• 抛砖引玉pāo zhuān yǐn yùlit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)…
• 公引gōng yǐnhectometer
• 市引shì yǐnunit of distance equal to 33⅓ meters
• 东引Dōng yǐnTungyin Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 连江县
• 转引zhuǎn yǐnto quote from secondary source
• 单引号dān yǐn hàosingle quotes
• 地心引力dì xīn yǐn lìearth's gravity
• 双引号shuāng yǐn hàodouble quotes
• 吸引子xī yǐn ziattractor (math., dynamical systems)
• 吸引眼球xī yǐn yǎn qiúto attract attention; to catch attention
• 吸引子网络xī yǐn zǐ wǎng luòattractor network
• 呼朋引伴hū péng yǐn bànto gather one's friends; to band together
• 呼朋引类hū péng yǐn lèito call up all one's associates; rent-a-crowd
• 触发引信chù fā yǐn xìnan impact detonator

Sounds the same

Read yǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饮to drink
• 隐(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
• 瘾addiction; craving
• 尹(literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect…
• 殷roll of thunder
• 听smile (archaic)
• 蚓used in 蚯蚓
• 吲used in 吲哚
• 廴"long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc
• 檃tool used for shaping wood (old)
• 櫽tool used for shaping wood (old); old variant of 檃
• 磤(onomatopoeia) sound of thunder

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǐn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.