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Chinese symbol for “implausible”

牵强
qiān qiǎng
Traditional: 牽強
far-fetched; implausible (chain of reasoning)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for implausible is 牵强 (qiān qiǎng), defined as: far-fetched; implausible (chain of reasoning).

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Characters and stroke order

牵 qiān
to drag, to pull, to lead by the hand
radical 93 ⽜ · 9 strokes
强 qiǎng
strong, powerful, energetic
radical 57 ⼸ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 牵强.

WordPinyinMeaning
牵引 (牽引)qiān yǐnto pull; to draw (a cart); to tow
牵涉 (牽涉)qiān shèto involve; implicated
牵连 (牽連)qiān liánto implicate; implicated
牵扯 (牽扯)qiān chěto involve; to implicate; to be interrelated
牵头 (牽頭)qiān tóuto lead (an animal by the head); to take the lead
牵制 (牽制)qiān zhìto control; to curb
加强 (加強)jiā qiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
强调 (強調)qiáng diàoto emphasize (a statement); to stress

See also: Japanese symbol for “implausible”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.