引
Meaning
yǐn yin3
- to draw (e.g. a bow)
- to pull
- to stretch sth
- to extend
- to lengthen
- to involve or implicate in
- to attract
- to lead
- to guide
- to leave
- to provide evidence or justification for
- old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
Example sentences
- This road will take you to the museum.
- The phone call was a trick to get him out of the house.
HSK words with 引
- 引起yǐnqǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
- 吸引xīyǐnto attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
- 引导yǐndǎoto guide
- 引进yǐnjìnto recommend
- 引发yǐnfāto lead to
- 引擎yǐnqíngengine (loanword)
- 指引zhǐyǐnto guide
- 引用yǐnyòngto quote
- 引领yǐnlǐngto crane one's neck
- 引人注目yǐnrénzhùmùto attract attention
- 引入yǐnrùto draw into
- 引诱yǐnyòuto coerce (sb into doing sth bad)
- 引人入胜yǐnrénrùshèngto enchant
- 引经据典yǐnjīngjùdiǎnlit. to quote the classics