Chinese symbol for “implicate”
牵连
qiān lián
Traditional: 牽連
to implicate; implicated; to link together
The closest CC-CEDICT match for implicate is 牵连 (qiān lián), defined as: to implicate; implicated; to link together.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “implicate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 连累 (連累) | lián lei | to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] |
| 牵扯 (牽扯) | qiān chě | to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated |
| 罟 | gǔ | to implicate; net for birds or fish |
| 负累 (負累) | fù lěi | to implicate; to involve |
| 攀 | pān | to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 牵连.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牵引 (牽引) | qiān yǐn | to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow |
| 牵涉 (牽涉) | qiān shè | to involve; implicated |
| 牵扯 (牽扯) | qiān chě | to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated |
| 牵头 (牽頭) | qiān tóu | to lead (an animal by the head); to take the lead |
| 牵制 (牽制) | qiān zhì | to control; to curb |
| 连续 (連續) | lián xù | continuous; in a row |
| 连结 (連結) | lián jié | variant of 联结 (lián jié); (Tw) link (on a website); hyperlink |
| 连接 (連接) | lián jiē | to link; to join; to connect |
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.