尋求

See also: 寻求

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
trad. (尋求)		尋	求
simp. (寻求)		寻	求

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xúnqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ kau⁴
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sîm-kiû / siâm-kiû

(Teochew, Peng'im): cim⁵ kiu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xúnqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syúncióu
  - Wade–Giles: hsün²-chʻiu²
  - Yale: syún-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunchyou
  - Palladius: сюньцю (sjunʹcju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ t͡ɕʰjoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cam⁴ kau⁴
  - Yale: chàhm kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîm-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: sîm-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simkiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɕim²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕim¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâm-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: siâm-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siamkiuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiam²³⁻³³ kiu²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiam²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cim⁵ kiu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshîm khiû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰiu⁵⁵/

Verb

尋求

to seek; to look for
尋求庇護／寻求庇护 ― xúnqiú bìhù ― to seek shelter

尋求法律幫助／寻求法律帮助 ― xúnqiú fǎlǜ bāngzhù ― to seek legal assistance

尋求政治庇護／寻求政治庇护 ― xúnqiú zhèngzhì bìhù ― to seek political asylum

Synonyms

Synonyms of 尋求

探求 (tànqiú)
搜 (sōu)
求 (qiú)
求思 (qiúsī) (literary)
牟取 (móuqǔ) (usually illegally)
考究 (kǎojiū)
追求 (zhuīqiú)
追逐 (zhuīzhú)
參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (literary)

尋摸／寻摸 (xúnmō) (literary or colloquial)
熱衷／热衷 (rèzhōng)
獵取／猎取 (lièqǔ)
覓／觅 (mì) (literary, or in compounds)
訪查／访查 (fǎngchá) (literary)
謀取／谋取 (móuqǔ)
謀求／谋求 (móuqiú)
講求／讲求 (jiǎngqiú)
講究／讲究 (jiǎngjiu)

Derived terms

尋求庇護者／寻求庇护者 (xúnqiú bìhùzhě)

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