收買人心

Chinese

		to buy; to purchase; to bribe	people's thoughts; public feeling; moral nature
trad. (收買人心)		收買	人心
simp. (收买人心)		收买	人心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōumǎirénxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄇㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ maai⁵ jan⁴ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōumǎirénxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄇㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shoumǎirénsin
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-mai³-jên²-hsin¹
    • Yale: shōu-mǎi-rén-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoumaerenshin
    • Palladius: шоумайжэньсинь (šoumajžɛnʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ maai⁵ jan⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: sāu máaih yàhn sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ maai⁵ jan⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ mai⁵ yen⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ maːi̯¹³ jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

收買人心

1. to curry favor with the public; to try to win popular support