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): ㄓㄥㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ kau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-khiù
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): cheng-kiû / teng-kiû

(Teochew, Peng'im): dêng¹ kiu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - 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^ˊ kiu^ˇ
  - 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

to solicit (an opinion); to seek (advice)
徵求意見／征求意见 ― zhēngqiú yìjiàn ― to seek advice
to levy; to tax

Synonyms

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