央求

Chinese

		centre; to implore	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
trad. (央求)		央	求
simp. #(央求)		央	求

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāngqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng¹ kau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iong-kiû / iang-kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāngqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yangcióu
    • Wade–Giles: yang¹-chʻiu²
    • Yale: yāng-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iangchyou
    • Palladius: янцю (jancju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng¹ kau⁴
    • Yale: yēung kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng¹ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng¹ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: iong-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongkiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ³³ kiu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iang-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: iang-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iangkiuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/

Verb

央求

1. to implore; to plead; to beg

Synonyms

• 乞丐 (qǐgài) (archaic)
• 乞憐／乞怜 (qǐlián) (to beg for pity)
• 乞求 (qǐqiú)
• 哀告 (āigào)
• 哀求 (āiqiú)
• 央告 (yānggào)
• 憑／凭 (píng) (literary)
• 懇求／恳求 (kěnqiú)
• 懇請／恳请 (kěnqǐng)
• 求 (qiú)
• 沽情 (Hokkien)
• 煩請／烦请 (fánqǐng) (honorific, polite)
• 祈求 (qíqiú) (to pray for)
• 祈祝 (qízhù) (literary)
• 祝禱／祝祷 (zhùdǎo) (literary)
• 要求 (yāoqiú)
• 請／请
• 請求／请求 (qǐngqiú)