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徵召

徵召

Chinese

		note in Chinese musical scale; levy (troops or taxes)	to call together; to summon; to convene to call together; to summon; to convene; (surname); name of an ancient state
trad. (徵召)		徵	召
simp. (征召)		征	召

Verb

徵召

to recruit; to enlist
to draft; to conscript
(literary) to appoint to an official position

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhēngzhào

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥㄓㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ ziu⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chng-tiāu / teng-tiàu / cheng-tiāu / teng-tiāu / tin-tiàu

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 ziu⁶
  - Yale: jīng jiuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ dziu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng-tiāu
  - Tâi-lô: tsng-tiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zngdiau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³ tiaʊ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-tiàu
  - Tâi-lô: ting-tiàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dengdiaux
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiaʊ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiaʊ²¹/
- (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/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tin-tiàu
  - Tâi-lô: tin-tiàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dindiaux
  - IPA (Taipei): /tin⁴⁴⁻³³ tiaʊ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin⁴⁴⁻³³ tiaʊ²¹/