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告急

告急

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	hurried; worried
simp. and trad. (告急)		告	急

Noun

告急

(literary) to report an emergency and ask for assistance

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gàojí

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ gap¹
Min Nan (POJ): kò͘-kip / kò-kip

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gàojí
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawjyi
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou³ gap¹
  - Yale: gou gāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ gap⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ kɐp̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-kip
  - Tâi-lô: kòo-kip
  - Phofsit Daibuun: korkib
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kip̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-kip
  - Tâi-lô: kò-kip
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koirkib
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɤ²¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤ²¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/