牽累

See also: 牵累

Chinese

		lead along	accumulate; implicate; tired accumulate; implicate; tired; cumbersome
trad. (牽累/牽纍)		牽	累/纍
simp. (牵累)		牵	累

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānlěi, qiānlèi

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄟˇ, ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ leoi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-lūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānlěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianlěi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-lei³
  - Yale: chyān-lěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianleei
  - Palladius: цяньлэй (cjanʹlɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānlèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianlèi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-lei⁴
  - Yale: chyān-lèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianley
  - Palladius: цяньлэй (cjanʹlɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹ leoi⁶
  - Yale: hīn leuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ loey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ lêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ lɵy̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-lūi
  - Tâi-lô: khan-luī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qanlui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² lui²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ lui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² lui²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ lui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ lui³³/

Verb

牽累

to be tied down (by affairs)
你那麼能幹，絕不要被小事牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
你那么能干，绝不要被小事牵累。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ nàme nénggàn, jué bùyào bèi xiǎoshì qiānlěi. [Pinyin]
You're so competent; don't ever let something trivial tie you down.
to involve in trouble; to implicate
他在某罪案中受人牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
他在某罪案中受人牵累。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā zài mǒu zuì'àn zhōng shòu rén qiānlěi. [Pinyin]
He is implicated with others in a crime.

Synonyms

(to involve in trouble):

拖累 (tuōlěi)
株連 / 株连 (zhūlián) (in a criminal case)
牽引 / 牵引 (qiānyǐn) (literary)
牽連 / 牵连 (qiānlián)
連帶 / 连带 (liándài)
連累 / 连累

Noun

牽累

burden
要想外出度假時，寵物會成為牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
要想外出度假时，宠物会成为牵累。 [MSC, simp.]
Yào xiǎng wàichū dùjià shí, chǒngwù huì chéngwéi qiānlěi. [Pinyin]
Pets can be a burden when you want to go away on holiday.