央告

Chinese

		centre; to implore	to tell; to inform; to say
trad. (央告)		央	告
simp. #(央告)		央	告

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānggào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤ ㄍㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng¹ gou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iong-kò͘ / iong-kò / iang-kò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānggào → yānggao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤ ㄍㄠˋ → ㄧㄤ ˙ㄍㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanggåo
    • Wade–Giles: yang¹-kao⁵
    • Yale: yāng-gau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iang.gaw
    • Palladius: янгао (jangao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /jɑŋ⁵⁵ g̊ɑʊ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng¹ gou³
    • Yale: yēung gou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng¹ gou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng¹ gou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ⁵⁵ kou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: iong-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongkox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ³³ kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong-kò
    • Tâi-lô: iong-kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongkoix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ko²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iang-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: iang-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iangkox
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/

Verb

央告

1. to beg; to plead; to implore

Synonyms

• 乞丐 (qǐgài) (archaic)
• 乞憐／乞怜 (qǐlián) (to beg for pity)
• 乞求 (qǐqiú)
• 哀告 (āigào)
• 哀求 (āiqiú)
• 央求 (yāngqiú)
• 憑／凭 (píng) (literary)
• 懇求／恳求 (kěnqiú)
• 懇請／恳请 (kěnqǐng)
• 求 (qiú)
• 沽情 (Hokkien)
• 煩請／烦请 (fánqǐng) (honorific, polite)
• 祈求 (qíqiú) (to pray for)
• 祈祝 (qízhù) (literary)
• 祝禱／祝祷 (zhùdǎo) (literary)
• 要求 (yāoqiú)
• 請／请
• 請求／请求 (qǐngqiú)