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央求

央求

Chinese

		beg; center	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
simp. and trad. (央求)		央	求

Verb

央求

to implore; to plead; to beg

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yāngqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng¹ kiu⁴
Min Nan (POJ): iong-kiû / iang-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yāngqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iangchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng¹ kiu⁴
  - Yale: yēung kìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng¹ kiu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: iong-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iongkiuu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ³³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iang-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: iang-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iangkiuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/