牽掛

牽掛

See also: 牵挂

Chinese

		lead along	to hang; to put up; to suspend
trad. (牽掛)		牽	掛
simp. (牵挂)		牵	挂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānguà

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ gwaa³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiên-koa / khiân-koa
• Min Nan (POJ): khan-kòa / khian-kòa / chhian-kòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiānguà
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianguah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianguà
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵⁵ kwä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ gwaa³
    • Yale: hīn gwa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ gwaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ gua³
    • IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ kʷäː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên-koa
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien´ gua
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ gua⁴
    • IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân-koa
    • Hakka Romanization System: kian´ gua
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ gua⁴
    • IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-kòa
    • Tâi-lô: khan-kuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qankoax
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ kua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ kua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² kua²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian-kòa
    • Tâi-lô: khian-kuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qienkoax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kua²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-kòa
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-kuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienkoax
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kua²¹/

Verb

牽掛

1. to worry about; to be concerned about

   • 父母操煩，愛人牽掛，這款日子永遠袂快活。 [Min Nan, trad.]
     父母操烦，爱人牵挂，这款日子永远袂快活。 [Min Nan, simp.]

     From: 詹雅雯, 想厝的人

     Pē-bú chhau-hoân, ài-jîn chhian-kòa, chit khoán ji̍t-chí éng-oán bōe khùiⁿ-oa̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The parents are worried, and the lover is concerned; this kind of life is never happy.

   • 妳是我今生無緣的牽掛。 [Min Nan, trad.]
     你是我今生无缘的牵挂。 [Min Nan, simp.]

     From: 陳雷 (Chen Lei), 無緣的牽掛

     Lí sī góa kim-seng bô-iân ê chhian-kòa. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     You are the concern that I had no chance of having in this life.

Synonyms

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惦念 (diànniàn) 惦記／惦记 (diànjì) 掛念／挂念 (guàniàn)

數念／数念 (Min Nan) 記掛／记挂 (jìguà) (dialectal) 顧念／顾念 (gùniàn)

Derived terms

了無牽掛／了无牵挂 (liǎowúqiānguà) 無所牽掛／无所牵挂

無牽無掛／无牵无挂