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勾引

勾引

Chinese

		affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel; to delineate; hook	to lead; to divert (water); to guide
simp. and trad. (勾引)		勾	引

Verb

勾引

to entice someone to do something improper or illegal
to seduce someone
to arouse a memory

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gōuyǐn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau¹ jan⁵
Min Nan (POJ): kau-ín

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gōuyǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡㄧㄣˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gouyiin
  - IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau¹ jan⁵
  - Yale: ngāu yáhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau¹ jan⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯⁵⁵ jɐn¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-ín
  - Tâi-lô: kau-ín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kauien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² in⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʊ³³ in⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² in⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴¹/