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)
simp. (牵制)

Pronunciation


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): (tuō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Jinmeiyō
せい
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
けん制

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んせー [kèńséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

(けん)(せい) • (kensei) 

  1. restraint, a check

Descendants

  • Korean: 겐세이 (gensei)

Verb

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

  1. restrain, constrain

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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