引人入勝

Chinese

		to lead; to divert (water); to guide	man; person; people	to enter	victorious; able to do; competent enough to
trad. (引人入勝)		引	人	入	勝
simp. (引人入胜)		引	人	入	胜

Etymology

First attested in c. 440, in A New Account of the Tales of the World:

王衛軍云：酒正自引人著勝地。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

王卫军云：酒正自引人着胜地。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE

Wáng Wèijūn yún: jiǔ zhèngzì yǐnrén zhuó shèngdì. [Pinyin]

Wang Hui [youngest son of Wang Dao] once said, "Alcohol is just the thing which naturally draws a man up and sets him in a transcendent place."

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐnrénrùshèng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵ jan⁴ jap⁶ sing³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ín-jîn-ji̍p-sèng / ín-lîn-li̍p-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnrénrùshèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnrénrùshèng
  - Wade–Giles: yin³-jên²-ju⁴-shêng⁴
  - Yale: yǐn-rén-rù-shèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinrenruhshenq
  - Palladius: иньжэньжушэн (inʹžɛnʹžušɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁵ jan⁴ jap⁶ sing³
  - Yale: yáhn yàhn yahp sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵ jan⁴ jap⁹ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵ yen⁴ yeb⁶ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³ jɐn²¹ jɐp̚² sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-jîn-ji̍p-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: ín-jîn-ji̍p-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ynjinjibsexng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³⁻³³ zip̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-lîn-li̍p-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: ín-lîn-li̍p-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ynlinlibsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴⁻²² lip̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

引人入勝

to be bewitching; attractive; spectacular