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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
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
guānshuō
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
gwaan
1
syut
3
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
koan-soat
/
koan-soeh
/
koan-seh
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
guānshuō
Zhuyin
:
ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
guanshuo
Wade–Giles
:
kuan
1
-shuo
1
Yale
:
gwān-shwō
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
guanshuo
Palladius
:
гуаньшо
(guanʹšo)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ku̯än⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
gwaan
1
syut
3
Yale
:
gw
ā
an syut
Cantonese Pinyin
:
gwaan
1
syt
8
Guangdong Romanization
:
guan
1
xud
3
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/kʷaːn
⁵⁵
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
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關說
(
literary
or
formal
,
especially in
Taiwan
)
to
lobby
, e.g.
illegally
; to
intercede
(for someone); to
plead
(for someone)