謀求

See also: 谋求

Chinese

		to plan; seek; scheme	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
trad. (謀求)		謀	求
simp. (谋求)		谋	求

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móuqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁴ kau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biô-kiû / bô͘-kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móuqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móucióu
    • Wade–Giles: mou²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: móu-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mouchyou
    • Palladius: моуцю (moucju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mau⁴ kau⁴
    • Yale: màuh kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁴ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo⁴ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biô-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: biô-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bioi'kiuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bio²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: bôo-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bo'kiuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ²³⁻³³ kiu²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/

Verb

謀求

1. to seek; to strive for; to be in quest of

Synonyms

• 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (literary)
• 尋摸／寻摸 (xúnmō) (literary or colloquial)
• 尋求／寻求 (xúnqiú)
• 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)
• 講求／讲求 (jiǎngqiú)
• 講究／讲究 (jiǎngjiu)
• 追求 (zhuīqiú)
• 追逐 (zhuīzhú)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (謀求):

• → Vietnamese: mưu cầu (謀求)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
謀	求

Verb

謀求

1. chữ Hán form of mưu cầu (“to pursue; to seek”).