勾引

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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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōuyǐn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau¹ jan⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kio-ín / kau-ín

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōuyǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡㄧㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gouyǐn
  - Wade–Giles: kou¹-yin³
  - Yale: gōu-yǐn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gouyiin
  - Palladius: гоуинь (gouinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau¹ jan⁵
  - Yale: ngāu yáhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau¹ jan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo¹ yen⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯⁵⁵ jɐn¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio-ín
  - Tâi-lô: kio-ín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kioi'ien
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kio³³ in⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-ín
  - Tâi-lô: kau-ín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kau'ien
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² in⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁵³/

Verb

勾引

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

Synonyms

(to entice someone to do something improper or illegal):

Related terms

利誘／利诱 (lìyòu)

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