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援引

援引

Chinese

		to help; to assist; to aid	to lead; to divert (water); to guide
simp. and trad. (援引)		援	引

Verb

援引

to quote; to cite
to recommend or appoint one's friends or favorites

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yuányǐn

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁴ jan⁵
Min Nan (POJ): oan-ín / oān-ín / oân-ín

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuányǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanyiin
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁴ jan⁵
  - Yale: wùhn yáhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁴ jan⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːn²¹ jɐn¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-ín
  - Tâi-lô: uan-ín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oan'ien
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ in⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-ín
  - Tâi-lô: uān-ín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaxn'ien
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan³³⁻¹¹ in⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan³³⁻²¹ in⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan²²⁻²¹ in⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan²²⁻²¹ in⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oân-ín
  - Tâi-lô: uân-ín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oan'ien
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan²⁴⁻¹¹ in⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan²³⁻³³ in⁴¹/