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徵求

徵求

Chinese

		note in Chinese musical scale; levy (troops or taxes)	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
trad. (徵求)		徵	求
simp. (征求)		征	求

Verb

徵求

to solicit (an opinion); to seek (advice)
to levy; to tax

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhēngqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ kau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-khiù
Min Nan (POJ): cheng-kiû / teng-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēngqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ kau⁴
  - Yale: jīng kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ kau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-khiù
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin´ kiuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ kiu²
  - IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴ kʰi̯u¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengkiuu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: ting-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dengkiuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/