尋求

See also: 寻求

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
trad. (尋求)		尋	求
simp. (寻求)		寻	求

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ kau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sîm-kiû / siâm-kiû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cim⁵ kiu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúncióu
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: syún-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunchyou
    • Palladius: сюньцю (sjunʹcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ kau⁴
    • Yale: chàhm kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîm-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: sîm-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simkiuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /sim²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâm-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: siâm-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siamkiuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam²³⁻³³ kiu²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siam²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cim⁵ kiu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshîm khiû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰiu⁵⁵/

Verb

尋求

1. to seek; to look for

   尋求庇護／寻求庇护  ―  xúnqiú bìhù  ―  to seek shelter

   尋求法律幫助／寻求法律帮助  ―  xúnqiú fǎlǜ bāngzhù  ―  to seek legal assistance

   尋求政治庇護／寻求政治庇护  ―  xúnqiú zhèngzhì bìhù  ―  to seek political asylum

Synonyms

• 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (literary)
• 尋摸／寻摸 (xúnmō) (literary or colloquial)
• 探求 (tànqiú)
• 搜 (sōu)
• 求 (qiú)
• 求思 (qiúsī) (literary)
• 熱衷／热衷 (rèzhōng)
• 牟取 (móuqǔ) (usually illegally)
• 獵取／猎取 (lièqǔ)
• 考究
• 覓／觅 (mì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 訪查／访查 (fǎngchá) (literary)
• 謀取／谋取 (móuqǔ)
• 謀求／谋求 (móuqiú)
• 講求／讲求 (jiǎngqiú)
• 講究／讲究 (jiǎngjiu)
• 追求 (zhuīqiú)
• 追逐 (zhuīzhú)

 

Derived terms

• 尋求庇護者／寻求庇护者 (xúnqiú bìhùzhě)