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哀求

哀求

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
simp. and trad. (哀求)		哀	求

Verb

哀求

to implore; to entreat

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): āiqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄞㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ kau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôi-khiù
Min Nan (POJ): ai-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: āiqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aichyou
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: oi¹ kau⁴
  - Yale: ōi kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ kau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôi-khiù
  - Hakka Romanization System: oi´ kiuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: oi¹ kiu²
  - IPA: /o̯i²⁴ kʰi̯u¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: ai-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ai'kiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /aɪ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /aɪ³³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /aɪ⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /aɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /aɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²³/