拉縴

Chinese

		to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	boatman's tow-rope
trad. (拉縴)		拉	縴
simp. (拉纤)		拉	纤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lāqiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lāqiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: laciàn
    • Wade–Giles: la¹-chʻien⁴
    • Yale: lā-chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhachiann
    • Palladius: лацянь (lacjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Verb

拉縴

1. to pull a boat upstream using ropes from both riverbanks
2. (figurative) to act as a go-between; to bring two parties together