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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ kau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-khiù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-kiû / teng-kiû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng¹ kiu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengcióu
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-chʻiu²
    • Yale: jēng-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengchyou
    • Palladius: чжэнцю (čžɛncju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹ kau⁴
    • Yale: jīng kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 徵求／征求 晶球

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-khiù
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin´ kiuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ kiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴ kʰi̯u¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengkiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ kiu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: ting-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dengkiuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dêng¹ kiu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: teng khiû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ³³⁻²³ kʰiu⁵⁵/

Verb

徵求

1. to solicit (an opinion); to seek (advice)

   徵求意見／征求意见  ―  zhēngqiú yìjiàn  ―  to seek advice

2. to levy; to tax

Synonyms

• (to solicit): 訪求／访求 (fǎngqiú), 徵詢／征询 (zhēngxún)
• (to levy): 徵收／征收 (zhēngshōu)