討乞

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	beg
trad. (討乞)		討	乞
simp. (讨乞)		讨	乞
anagram		乞討／乞讨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎoqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² hat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-khit

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎoqǐ [Phonetic: táoqǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎocǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao³-chʻi³
    • Yale: tǎu-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taochii
    • Palladius: таоци (taoci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² hat¹
    • Yale: tóu hāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² hat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² hed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ hɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-khit
    • Tâi-lô: thó-khit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toy'qid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰit̚³²/

Verb

討乞

1. to beg (ask for food or money as charity)

Synonyms

• 乞米 (hat² mai²) (Taishanese)
• 乞討／乞讨 (qǐtǎo)
• 分 (Min Nan)
• 行乞 (xíngqǐ)
• 討食／讨食 (“to beg for food”) (Hokkien, Teochew)