游说 meaning in English
to lobby; to campaign
Traditional 遊說21 strokes
Meaning of 游说
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yóushuì
- to lobby
- to campaign
- to promote (an idea, a product)
- (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
游说 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我认为没有必要游说他。
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。
Lobbyists for the bill funneled bribes into a campaign fund.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
游 yóu · to swim · 12 strokes
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说 shuō · to speak · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 游说.
| 说话 | shuōhuà | to speak; to say |
| 听说 | tīngshuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 说明 | shuōmíng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 小说 | xiǎoshuō | novel; fiction |
| 比如说 | bǐrú shuō | for example |
| 旅游 | lǚyóu | trip; journey |
| 游客 | yóukè | traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player |
| 游戏 | yóuxì | game (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play |
| 游泳 | yóuyǒng | swimming; to swim |
| 传说 | chuánshuō | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... |
| 据说 | jùshuō | it is said that; reportedly |
| 说服 | shuōfú | to persuade; to convince |
Questions about 游说
What does 游说 mean?
游说 (yóushuì) means "to lobby; to campaign".
How do you write 游说?
游说 is made of 2 characters: 游 (12 strokes), 说 (9 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.
How is 游说 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 游说 is written 遊說.