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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shōuliǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡㄌㄧㄢˇ
  - 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: ㄕㄡㄌㄧㄢˋ
  - 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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    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

(of a 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.
to restrict; to constrain (behaviour, etc.); to curb; to restrain oneself; to pull back
(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.
(medicine) to astringe; to make astringent
to collect (a fee)
to contract
to put away

Synonyms

(to disappear):

不見／不见 (bùjiàn)
奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
泯絕／泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
消亡 (xiāowáng)
消失 (xiāoshī)
消散 (xiāosàn)
消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)
消融 (xiāoróng)
消逝 (xiāoshì)
蒸發／蒸发 (zhēngfā) (figurative)
絕滅／绝灭 (juémiè)
遠去／远去 (yuǎnqù)

(to restrict):

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to converge”): 發散／发散 (fāsàn)

Derived terms

一致收斂／一致收敛
收斂劑／收敛剂
收斂性／收敛性 (shōuliǎnxìng)
收斂數列／收敛数列
收斂級數／收敛级数
收斂藥／收敛药

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (收斂):

→ Japanese: 収斂(しゅうれん) (shūren)

See also

含蓄 (hánxù)

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