收斂

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	arrange; control oneself; gather
trad. (收斂)		收	斂
simp. (收敛)		收	敛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōuliǎn, shōuliàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄌㄧㄢˇ, ㄕㄡ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ lim⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-liám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōuliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shouliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-lien³
    • Yale: shōu-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoulean
    • Palladius: шоулянь (šouljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōuliàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shouliàn
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-lien⁴
    • Yale: shōu-lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shouliann
    • Palladius: шоулянь (šouljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 收斂／收敛 收殮／收殓

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ lim⁵
    • Yale: sāu líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ liːm¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-liám
    • Tâi-lô: siu-liám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuliarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² liam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ liam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² liam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ liam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ liam⁴¹/

Verb

收斂

1. (of light ray, smile, etc.) to vanish; to disappear; to fade

   • 這時的夕陽，終於收斂了光芒而漸漸溫和，如一光焰柔柔的大紅燈籠懸在海與天的盡頭。 [MSC, trad.]
     这时的夕阳，终于收敛了光芒而渐渐温和，如一光焰柔柔的大红灯笼悬在海与天的尽头。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1997, Wang Weiwei, “Sunset Impression”

     Zhèshí de xīyáng, zhōngyú shōuliǎn le guāngmáng ér jiànjiàn wēnhé, rú yī guāngyàn róuróu de dà hóng dēnglóng xuán zài hǎi yǔ tiān de jìntóu. [Pinyin]

     The setting sun at that time began to finally let its light fade and became gradually mild, just as a big red lantern shedding gently its light hanging where the sea meets the sky.

2. to restrict; to constrain (behaviour, etc.); to curb; to restrain oneself; to pull back
3. (mathematics) to converge

   • 單調有界序列必收斂． [MSC, trad.]
     单调有界序列必收敛． [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2009, Wu Shengjian, Mathematical Analysis, volume I

     Dāndiào yǒujiè xùliè bì shōuliǎn. [Pinyin]

     Every bounded monotonic sequence converges.

4. (medicine) to astringe; to make astringent
5. to collect (fee)
6. to contract

Related terms

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