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诱导 (yòu dǎo) — to guide or lead (someone toward an action, belief, or state, often through suggestion); to induce, to prompt (a reaction, behavior, or response); (linguistics) elicitation (eliciting language data)

Definition

Means guiding or leading someone toward an action, belief, or response — often subtly, through suggestion rather than force. The linguistics sense ('elicitation') is a specialized use for gathering language data.

verb
to guide or lead (someone toward an action, belief, or state, often through suggestion)to induceto prompt (a reaction, behavior, or response)(linguistics) elicitation (eliciting language data)

Examples

  • 诱导。
    Yī shēng yòng yào wù yòu dǎo bìng rén shuì jiào.
    The doctor induced sleep in the patient with medication.
  • 诱导。
    Lǎo shī tōng guò tí wèn yòu dǎo xué shēng sī kǎo.
    The teacher guided the students to think by asking questions.
  • 诱导。
    Nà wèi yǔ yán xué jiā yòng duì huà yòu dǎo fāng yán zī liào.
    That linguist elicited dialect data through conversation.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

诱yòulure
导dǎoguide

诱 means lure and 导 means guide; together they describe leading or inducing someone.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 誘; 诱 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánword, language
Sound part声符shēngfú
秀
秀xiù誘yòu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 誘 pairs 言 (word, language) with 秀, which supplies the sound.

Open 诱 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 導; 导 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
寸寸cùnhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
道
道dào導
Same sound today

The traditional form 導 pairs 道 (path) as the sound part with 寸 (hand), giving the sense of leading someone. The simplified 导 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 导 →
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