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遊說

遊說

See also: 游说 and 游說

Chinese

		to roam; travel	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (遊說/游說)		遊/游	說
simp. (游说)		游	说

Verb

遊說

to lobby; to canvass
(archaic) to promote political ideas

Noun

遊說

lobbying; canvassing

遊說集團 / 游说集团 ― yóushuì jítuán ― lobby group

遊說法 / 游说法 ― yóushuì fǎ ― lobbying legislation

References

遊說集團 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
lobbying on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yóushuì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ seoi³
Min Nan (POJ): iû-sòe / iû-soeh / iû-soat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yóushuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youshuey
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ seoi³
  - Yale: yàuh seui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ soey³
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-sòe
  - Tâi-lô: iû-suè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iusoex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² sue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-soeh
  - Tâi-lô: iû-sueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iusoeq
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ sueʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ sueʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-soat
  - Tâi-lô: iû-suat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iusoad
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² suat̚³²/