求和

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
simp. and trad. (求和)		求	和

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiúhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiù-fò
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiû-hô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiúhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióuhé
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-ho²
    • Yale: chyóu-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyouher
    • Palladius: цюхэ (cjuxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-fò
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiuˇ foˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiu² fo²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ fo¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû-hô
    • Tâi-lô: kiû-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiu'hooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³⁻²² ho¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³⁻³³ hɤ²³/

Verb

求和

1. to sue for peace; to negotiate peace; to hold peace talks; to extend an olive branch
2. to try to equalize (a contest)

Synonyms

• (to sue for peace):

• 行成 (xíngchéng) (literary)
• 議和／议和 (yìhé)

 

Related terms

• 講和／讲和 (jiǎnghé)