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演說

演說

See also: 演説 and 演说

Chinese

		to develop; to evolve; to practice to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (演說)		演	說
simp. (演说)		演	说

Noun

演說

speech

Verb

演說

to perform a speech

Etymology

Reborrowing from Japanese 演説 (えんぜつ) ‎(enzetsu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǎnshuō

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin² syut³
Min Nan (POJ): ián-soat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎnshuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanshuo
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin² syut³
  - Yale: yín syut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin² syt⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵ ɕyːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ián-soat
  - Tâi-lô: ián-suat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iefnsoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/