予取予求

Chinese

		to give; I	to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	to give; I	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
trad. (予取予求)		予	取	予	求
simp. #(予取予求)		予	取	予	求

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúqǔyúqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): û-chhú-û-kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúqǔyúqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúcyǔyúcióu
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-chʻü³-yü²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: yú-chyǔ-yú-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yucheuyuchyou
    • Palladius: юйцюйюйцю (jujcjujjujcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û-chhú-û-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: û-tshú-û-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uzhwu'kiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ u²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u¹³⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²³⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ u²³⁻³³ kiu²³/

Idiom

予取予求

1. (literally) to seek and ask (something) of me
2. (figurative) to make unlimited demands; to demand everything
3. (figurative) to do as one pleases