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游说

yóushuì

to lobby

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to lobby

02

to campaign

03

to promote (an idea, a product)

04

(old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 游说 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 游说 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

我认为没有必要游说他。wǒ rèn wéi méi yǒu bì yào yóu shuì tā。

I don't see any point in persuading him.

该法案的说客把游说贿款汇入了竞选基金。gāi fǎ àn de shuō kè bǎ yóu shuì huì kuǎn huì rù le jìng xuǎn jī jīn。

Lobbyists for the bill funneled bribes into a campaign fund.

去年美国游说金额激增6倍。qù nián měi guó yóu shuì jīn é jī zēng 6 bèi。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 游说.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 游说.

Directly before

  • 必要游说1
  • 把游说1
  • 展开游说1
  • 美国游说1

Directly after

  • 游说他1
  • 游说贿款1
  • 游说金额1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 游说

What does 游说 mean in Chinese?

游说 (yóushuì) means to lobby.

How do you pronounce 游说?

游说 is pronounced yóushuì.

Is 游说 an HSK word?

游说 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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