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請求

請求

See also: 请求

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do sth) to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal, etc); to request	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
trad. (請求)		請	求
simp. (请求)		请	求

Verb

請求

to ask; to request; to entreat

Noun

請求

request; requirement; entreatment

Japanese

Kanji in this term
請	求
せい Grade: S	きゅう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

請求 ‎(hiragana せいきゅう, romaji seikyū)

a strong request
a demand, a claim on the basis of some authority (especially for payment)

Synonyms

(a strong request): 要望 (ようぼう) ‎(yōbō), 要求 (ようきゅう) ‎(yōkyū)

Derived terms

請求書 (せいきゅうしょ) ‎(seikyūsho)
要求権 (ようきゅうけん) ‎(yōkyūken)

Verb

請求する ‎(hiragana せいきゅうする, romaji seikyū suru)

to make a demand or strong request
to make a demand on the basis of some authority, to make a claim

Conjugation

Conjugation of "請求する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	請求し	せいきゅうし	seikyū shi
Continuative (連用形)	請求し	せいきゅうし	seikyū shi
Terminal (終止形)	請求する	せいきゅうする	seikyū suru
Attributive (連体形)	請求する	せいきゅうする	seikyū suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	請求すれ	せいきゅうすれ	seikyū sure
Imperative (命令形)	請求せよ¹ 請求しろ²	せいきゅうせよ¹ せいきゅうしろ²	seikyū seyo¹ seikyū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	請求される	せいきゅうされる	seikyū sareru
Causative	請求させる請求さす	せいきゅうさせるせいきゅうさす	seikyū saseru seikyū sasu
Potential	請求できる	せいきゅうできる	seikyū dekiru
Volitional	請求しよう	せいきゅうしよう	seikyū shiyō
Negative	請求しない	せいきゅうしない	seikyū shinai
Negative continuative	請求せず	せいきゅうせず	seikyū sezu
Formal	請求します	せいきゅうします	seikyū shimasu
Perfective	請求した	せいきゅうした	seikyū shita
Conjunctive	請求して	せいきゅうして	seikyū shite
Hypothetical conditional	請求すれば	せいきゅうすれば	seikyū sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qǐngqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing² kau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiáng-khiù
Min Nan (POJ): chhéng-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐngqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing² kau⁴
  - Yale: chíng kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing² kau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiáng-khiù
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang` kiuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang³ kiu²
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ³¹ kʰi̯u¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: tshíng-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhefngkiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiu²³/