求生

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (求生)		求	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiúshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ sang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiù-sâng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiû-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiúshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióusheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-shêng¹
    • Yale: chyóu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyousheng
    • Palladius: цюшэн (cjušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: kàuh sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiuˇ sang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiu² sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû-seng
    • Tâi-lô: kiû-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiusefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

求生

1. to seek survival

Derived terms

• 夾縫中求生存／夹缝中求生存 (jiāfèng zhōng qiú shēngcún)
• 死中求生
• 死地求生
• 死裡求生／死里求生
• 求生不得，求死不能 (qiúshēng bùdé, qiúsǐ bùnéng)
• 求生害義／求生害义
• 野外求生