# 收斂
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shōuliǎn, shōuliàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄌㄧㄢˇ, ㄕㄡ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sau$^1$ lim$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-liám
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shōuliǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shouliǎn
*** Wade–Giles: shou$^1$-lien$^3$
*** Yale: shōu-lyǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoulean
*** Palladius: шоулянь (šouljanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shōuliàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shouliàn
*** Wade–Giles: shou$^1$-lien$^4$
*** Yale: shōu-lyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shouliann
*** Palladius: шоулянь (šouljanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$收斂／收敛 收殮／收殓
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sau$^1$ lim$^5$
*** Yale: sāu líhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sau$^1$ lim$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seo$^1$ lim$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /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
    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
    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):
* 主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
* 主張／主张 (zhǔzhāng) (archaic)
* 克制 (kèzhì)
* 克治 (kèzhì) (literary)
* 制禦／制御 (zhìyù) (literary)
* 制約／制约 (zhìyuē)
* 君 (jūn) (literary)
* 執掌／执掌 (zhízhǎng)
* 壓制／压制 (yāzhì)
* 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
* 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 局限 (júxiàn)
* 左右 (zuǒyòu)
* 把
* 抑制 (yìzhì)
* 把持 (bǎchí)
* 把控 (bǎkòng)
* 把攬／把揽 (bǎlǎn)
* 抵制 (dǐzhì)
* 拘束 (jūshù)
* 按 (àn)
* 按捺 (ànnà) (usually in the negative)
* 控 (literary, or in compounds)
* 控制 (kòngzhì)
* 掌控 (zhǎngkòng)
* 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
* 提控 (tíkòng) (literary)
* 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng)
* 撙節／撙节 (zǔnjié)
* 操控 (cāokòng)
* 操縱／操纵 (cāozòng)
* 擺佈／摆布 (bǎibù)
* 擺治／摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
* 支配 (zhīpèi)
* 束 (literary, or in compounds)
* 束縛／束缚 (shùfù)
* 柄 (literary, or in compounds)
* 框 (kuàng)
* 禁錮／禁锢 (jìngù) (figurative)
* 積壓／积压 (jīyā) (figurative)
* 節制／节制 (jiézhì)
* 節撙／节撙 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 管制 (guǎnzhì)
* 管束 (guǎnshù)
* 約束／约束 (yuēshù)
* 統御／统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
* 統治／统治 (tǒngzhì)
* 羈束／羁束 (jīshù) (literary)
* 裁 (cái) (literary, or in compounds)
* 遏抑 (èyì) (literary)
* 鎮／镇 (zhèn)
* 限 (xiàn)
* 限乏 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 限制 (xiànzhì)
* 駕／驾 (jià)
* 駕馭／驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)

#### 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

* → Japanese: 収斂(しゅうれん) (shūren)
* → Korean: 수렴(收斂) (suryeom)

#### See also

* 含蓄 (hánxù)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 收 | 斂 |
| しゅう Jinmeiyō | れん Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 收斂 – see the following entry. :
| 【収斂しゅうれん】 | [noun] (medicine) astringency [noun] (physics) concentration of light [noun] (biology) convergence of evolution [verb] (medicine) to astringe; to make astringent [verb] (physics) to concentrate light; (physics, of light) to concentrate [verb] (biology, of evolution) to converge; to be convergent Alternative spellings 収㪘, 収れん |
(This term, 收斂, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 收 | 斂 |

### Noun

收斂 • (suryeom) (hangeul 수렴)
* hanja form of 수렴