關說

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (關說)		關	說
simp. (关说)		关	说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ syut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koan-soat / koan-soeh / koan-seh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanshuo
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-shuo¹
    • Yale: gwān-shwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanshuo
    • Palladius: гуаньшо (guanʹšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan¹ syut³
    • Yale: gwāan syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ syːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-soat
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koansoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ suat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-soeh
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-sueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koansoeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ sueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan-seh
    • Tâi-lô: kuan-seh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koanseq
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ seʔ³²/

Verb

關說

1. (literary or formal, especially in Taiwan) to lobby, e.g. illegally; to intercede (for someone); to plead (for someone)