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祈福

祈福

Chinese

		implore; pray; please	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev); a surname
simp. and trad. (祈福)		祈	福

Verb

祈福

to pray for blessings

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qífú

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ fuk¹
Min Nan (POJ): kî-hok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qífú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyifwu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ fuk¹
  - Yale: kèih fūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ fuk⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ fʊk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-hok
  - Tâi-lô: kî-hok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'hog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ hɔk̚³²/