進取

See also: 进取

Chinese

		advance; enter; to come in	to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
trad. (進取)		進	取
simp. (进取)		进	取

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnqǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ ceoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chìn-chhú / chìn-chhí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnqǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìncyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-chʻü³
    • Yale: jìn-chyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinncheu
    • Palladius: цзиньцюй (czinʹcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³ ceoi²
    • Yale: jeun chéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ tsoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³ cêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn³³ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-chhú
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-tshú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienzhuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-chhí
    • Tâi-lô: tsìn-tshí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienchie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsinH tshjuX|tshuwX

Rime
Character	進	取	取
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	即刃切	七庾切	蒼苟切
Baxter	tsinH	tshjuX	tshuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪnH/	/t͡sʰɨoX/	/t͡sʰəuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sinH/	/t͡sʰioX/	/t͡sʰəuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjenH/	/t͡sʰioX/	/t͡sʰəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sinH/	/t͡sʰuə̆X/	/t͡sʰəwX/
Li Rong	/t͡siĕnH/	/t͡sʰioX/	/t͡sʰuX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭĕnH/	/t͡sʰĭuX/	/t͡sʰəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ĕnH/	/t͡sʰi̯uX/	/t͡sʰə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìn	qǔ	cǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan3	ceoi2	cau2

Verb

進取

1. to be eager to improve oneself; to be brave enough to try new methods

   • 仁義者，自完之道也，非進取之術也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     仁义者，自完之道也，非进取之术也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Rényì zhě, zìwán zhī dào yě, fēi jìnqǔ zhī shù yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 上進／上进 (shàngjìn)
• 向上 (xiàngshàng)
• 長俊／长俊 (zhǎngjùn) (literary)
• 長進／长进 (zhǎngjìn)

 

Derived terms

• 進取心／进取心 (jìnqǔxīn)