引
yǐn HSK4

to pull

引 yǐn
attract verb
to attract, lead, guide, or leave

精彩的演出引来了许多观众。

jīng​cǎi de yǎn​chū yǐn​lái le xǔ​duō guān​zhòng.

The brilliant performance attracted a large audience.

cause verb
to cause or trigger a certain reaction, emotion, or state.

这条新闻引人深思。

zhè tiáo xīn​wén yǐn rén shēn​sī.

This news is thought-provoking.

cite verb
to provide evidence or justification for, or to quote

他在文中引了许多经典文献来佐证。

tā zài wén zhōng yǐn le xǔ​duō jīng​diǎn wén​xiàn lái zuǒ​zhèng.

He cited many classical works in the text as evidence.

draw verb
to draw (e.g. a bow), pull, stretch, extend, or lengthen

他引弓射箭，正中红心。

tā yǐn gōng shè​jiàn, zhèng​zhōng hóng​xīn.

He drew his bow and fired an arrow, hitting the bullseye.

implicate verb
to involve or implicate someone in a matter

他并不想把别人引到这个麻烦里。

tā bìng bù xiǎng bǎ bié​ren yǐn dào zhèi gè má​fan lǐ.

He didn't want to draw others into this trouble.

yin (unit) measure word
old unit of distance equal to 10 zhang (approx. 33.33 meters)

此地距离城门约有数引之远。

cǐ dì jù​lí chéng​mén yuē yǒu shù yǐn zhī yuǎn.

This place is about several 'yin' (an ancient unit of distance) away from the city gate.

Frequency
Character
Written text
479th most common 443.1 per million
Movie subtitles
669th most common 198.5 per million appears in 63% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
26.9 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
38.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+5F15

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)