牽制

See also: 牵制

Chinese

		lead along	system; to make; to manufacture system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate
trad. (牽制)		牽	制
simp. (牵制)		牵	制

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ zai³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khan-chè / khian-chì / khian-chè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kang¹ zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chih⁴
    • Yale: chyān-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjyh
    • Palladius: цяньчжи (cjanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ zai³
    • Yale: hīn jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-chè
    • Tâi-lô: khan-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qanzex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ t͡se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡se¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian-chì
    • Tâi-lô: khian-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiencix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian-chè
    • Tâi-lô: khian-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qienzex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡se¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kang¹ zi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khang tsì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡si²¹³/

Verb

牽制

1. (figurative) to pin down; to tie up; to check (e.g. the enemy forces); to encumber
2. (baseball) to stop a runner from stealing a base by throwing the baseball to the man on base

Synonyms

• (to pin down): 拖 (tuō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牽	制
けん Jinmeiyō	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
けん制

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんせー [kèńséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

牽(けん)制(せい) • (kensei) 

1. restraint, a check

Descendants

• Korean: 겐세이 (gensei)

Verb

牽(けん)制(せい)する • (kensei suru) transitive suru (stem 牽(けん)制(せい)し (kensei shi), past 牽(けん)制(せい)した (kensei shita))

1. restrain, constrain

Conjugation

Conjugation of "牽制する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	牽制し	けんせいし	kensei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	牽制し	けんせいし	kensei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	牽制する	けんせいする	kensei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	牽制する	けんせいする	kensei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	牽制すれ	けんせいすれ	kensei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	牽制せよ¹ 牽制しろ²	けんせいせよ¹ けんせいしろ²	kensei seyo¹ kensei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	牽制される	けんせいされる	kensei sareru
Causative	牽制させる 牽制さす	けんせいさせる けんせいさす	kensei saseru kensei sasu
Potential	牽制できる	けんせいできる	kensei dekiru
Volitional	牽制しよう	けんせいしよう	kensei shiyō
Negative	牽制しない	けんせいしない	kensei shinai
Negative continuative	牽制せず	けんせいせず	kensei sezu
Formal	牽制します	けんせいします	kensei shimasu
Perfective	牽制した	けんせいした	kensei shita
Conjunctive	牽制して	けんせいして	kensei shite
Hypothetical conditional	牽制すれば	けんせいすれば	kensei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative