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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōuyǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ㄧㄣˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōuyǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ㄧㄣˇ
    • 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

1. to entice (someone) to do something improper or illegal
2. to seduce
3. to arouse a memory

Synonyms

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

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• 主使 (zhǔshǐ)
• 使使 (Hokkien)
• 使唆 (Hokkien)
• 助長／助长 (zhùzhǎng)
• 反間／反间 (fǎnjiàn)
• 唆使 (suōshǐ)
• 唆擺／唆摆 (so¹ baai²) (Cantonese)
• 嗾使 (sǒushǐ)
• 引誘／引诱 (yǐnyòu)
• 引逗 (yǐndòu)
• 慫恿／怂恿 (sǒngyǒng)
• 扇動／扇动 (shāndòng)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 指使 (zhǐshǐ)
• 挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng)
• 挑唆 (tiǎosuō)
• 挑撥／挑拨 (tiǎobō)
• 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ)
• 挑釁／挑衅 (tiǎoxìn)
• 搬弄 (bānnòng)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng)
• 攏慫／拢怂 (Hokkien)
• 攛掇／撺掇 (cuānduo) (colloquial)
• 教唆 (jiàosuō)
• 煽動／煽动 (shāndòng)
• 煽惑 (shānhuò)
• 簸弄 (bǒnòng)
• 縱臾／纵臾 (zǒngyǒng) (obsolete)
• 縱踴／纵踊 (obsolete)
• 誘使／诱使 (yòushǐ)
• 離間／离间 (líjiàn)
• 鼓動／鼓动 (gǔdòng)
• 鼓惑 (gǔhuò)
• 鼓搗／鼓捣 (gǔdao) (dialectal)

 

Related terms

• 利誘／利诱 (lìyòu)