繾綣

Chinese

		attached to; loving	bound in a league
trad. (繾綣)		繾	綣
simp. (缱绻)		缱	绻

Etymology

Related to 緊絭.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎnquǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin² hyun² / hin² hyun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎnquǎn [Phonetic: qiánquǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎncyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³-chʻüan³
    • Yale: chyǎn-chywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheancheuan
    • Palladius: цяньцюань (cjanʹcjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin² hyun² / hin² hyun³
    • Yale: hín hyún / hín hyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin² hyn² / hin² hyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin² hün² / hin² hün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵ hyːn³⁵/, /hiːn³⁵ hyːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khjienX|khjienH khjwonX|khjwonH

Rime
Character	繾	繾	綣	綣
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)	元 (66)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	去演切	去戰切	去阮切	去願切
Baxter	khjienX	khjienH	khjwonX	khjwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiᴇnX/	/kʰiᴇnH/	/kʰʉɐnX/	/kʰʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɛnX/	/kʰiɛnH/	/kʰʷiɐnX/	/kʰʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjænX/	/kʰjænH/	/kʰiuɐnX/	/kʰiuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰianX/	/kʰianH/	/kʰuanX/	/kʰuanH/
Li Rong	/kʰiɛnX/	/kʰiɛnH/	/kʰiuɐnX/	/kʰiuɐnH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɛnX/	/kʰĭɛnH/	/kʰĭwɐnX/	/kʰĭwɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɛnX/	/kʰi̯ɛnH/	/kʰi̯wɐnX/	/kʰi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiǎn	qiàn	quǎn	quàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin2	hin3	hyun2	hyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰenʔ|kʰens  kʰonʔ|kʰons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繾	繾	綣	綣
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
No.	10265	10268	7202	7204
Phonetic component	遣	遣	卷	卷
Rime group	元	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	遣	譴	䅚	劵
Old Chinese	/*kʰenʔ/	/*kʰens/	/*kʰonʔ/	/*kʰons/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 繾綣

1. (literary) entangled; tangled up; attached

   • 無縱詭隨，以謹繾綣。式遏寇虐，無俾正反。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     无纵诡随，以谨缱绻。式遏寇虐，无俾正反。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wú zòng guǐsuí, yǐ jǐn qiǎnquǎn. Shì è kòunüè, wúbǐ zhèngfǎn. [Pinyin]

     Let us give no indulgence to the wily and obsequious,
     In order to make the parasites careful,
     And to repress robbers and oppressors,
     So that the right shall not be reversed.

2. (literary) in love and inseparable; tenderly attached (to each other)