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
alternative forms	掛牽／挂牵
anagram	掛牽／挂牵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānguà

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄍㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ gwaa³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiên-koa / khiân-koa
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khan-kòa / khian-kòa / chhian-kòa

(Teochew, Peng'im): kang¹ gua³ / kang¹ kua³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānguà
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄍㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianguà
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-kua⁴
  - Yale: chyān-gwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianguah
  - Palladius: цяньгуа (cjanʹgua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹ gwaa³
  - Yale: hīn gwa
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ gwaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ gua³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ kʷaː³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên-koa
  - Hakka Romanization System: kien^ˊ gua
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ gua⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân-koa
  - Hakka Romanization System: kian^ˊ gua
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ gua⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (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 (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kua²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kua¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kang¹ gua³ / kang¹ kua³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khang kuà / khang khuà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ³³⁻²³ kua²¹³/, /kʰaŋ³³⁻²³ kʰua²¹³/

Verb

牽掛

to worry about; to be concerned about
- 2004, 詹雅雯, “想厝的人”, in 想厝的人, performed by 詹雅雯:
  
  父母操煩愛人牽掛　這款日子永遠袜快活 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  父母操烦爱人牵挂　这款日子永远袜快活 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  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.
- 2005, 郭之儀, “無緣的牽掛”, in 愛情衝衝衝, performed by 陳雷 [Chen Lei]:
  
  妳是我今生無緣的牽掛 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  你是我今生无缘的牵挂 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  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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干掛 (Puxian Min)
心念 (Hokkien)
念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
惦念 (diànniàn)
惦記 / 惦记 (diànjì)
懸 / 悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
懸念 / 悬念 (xuánniàn) (formal)
懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
掛念 / 挂念 (guàniàn)
掛意 / 挂意 (guàyì)
掛記 / 挂记 (Nanchang Gan, Yudu Hakka)
數念 / 数念 (siàu-liām) (Hokkien)
眷懷 / 眷怀 (juànhuái) (literary)
眷注 (juànzhù) (literary)
眷顧 / 眷顾 (juàngù) (formal)
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 (wúqiānwúguà)