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徵兆

徵兆

Chinese

		note in Chinese musical scale; levy (troops or taxes)	omen; million; million million, trillion
trad. (徵兆)		徵	兆
simp. (征兆)		征	兆

Noun

徵兆

sign; omen; portent

Synonyms

預兆／预兆 (yùzhào)
徵象／征象 (zhēngxiàng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhēngzhào

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥㄓㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ siu⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-seu
Min Nan (POJ): cheng-tiǎu / cheng-tiāu / teng-tiāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zhēngzhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄓㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengjaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    徵兆／征兆
    徵召／征召
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ siu⁶
  - Yale: jīng siuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ siu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ siːu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-seu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin´ seu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ seu⁴
  - IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ se̯u⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-tiǎu
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tiǎu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ tiaʊ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-tiāu
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengdiau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiaʊ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-tiāu
  - Tâi-lô: ting-tiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dengdiau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiaʊ²²/