求雨

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	rain
trad. (求雨)		求	雨
simp. #(求雨)		求	雨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiúyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiù-yí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiû-hō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiúyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióuyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-yü³
    • Yale: chyóu-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyouyeu
    • Palladius: цююй (cjujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: kàuh yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiuˇ i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiu<sup>2</sup> yi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiuˇ (r)i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiu² yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ (j)i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: kiû-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiu'ho
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³⁻²² hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³⁻³³ hɔ³³/

Verb

求雨

1. to pray for rain

Synonyms

• 祈雨 (qíyǔ)
• (Hokkien) 乞雨