求助

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	to help; to assist
simp. and trad. (求助)		求	助

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiúzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ zo⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiù-chhu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiû-chō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiu⁵ zo⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiúzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióujhù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-chu⁴
    • Yale: chyóu-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyoujuh
    • Palladius: цючжу (cjučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁴ zo⁶
    • Yale: kàuh joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴ zo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sɔː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-chhu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiuˇ cu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiu² cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû-chō͘
    • Tâi-lô: kiû-tsōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuzo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³⁻²² t͡sɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³⁻³³ t͡sɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiu⁵ zo⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiû tsŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡so³⁵/

Verb

求助

1. to seek help; to ask for assistance

Synonyms

• 乞助 (qǐzhù) (literary)
• 告急 (gàojí) (literary)
• 搬兵 (bānbīng) (figurative)
• 求援 (qiúyuán)

 

Related terms

• 求教 (qiújiào, “to ask for advice”)