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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-chhu
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiu^ˇ 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

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”)