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求救

求救

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	to save; to assist; to rescue
simp. and trad. (求救)		求	救

Verb

求救

(literary) to ask somebody to come to the rescue; to cry for help

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qiújiù

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ gau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiù-kiu
Min Nan (POJ): kiû-kiù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiújiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyoujiow
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau⁴ gau³
  - Yale: kàuh gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ gau³
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ kɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-kiu
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiuˇ giu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiu² giu⁴
  - IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ ki̯u⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû-kiù
  - Tâi-lô: kiû-kiù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiu'kiux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴⁻²² kiu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴⁻²² kiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³⁻²² kiu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³⁻³³ kiu²¹/