求索

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
simp. and trad. (求索)		求	索
anagram		索求

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiúsuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ saak³, kau⁴ sok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiúsuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cióusuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-so³
  - Yale: chyóu-swǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyousuoo
  - Palladius: цюсо (cjuso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau⁴ saak³, kau⁴ sok³
  - Yale: kàuh saak, kàuh sok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ saak⁸, kau⁴ sok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴ sag³, keo⁴ sog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ saːk̚³/, /kʰɐu̯²¹ sɔːk̚³/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)u [s]ˤak/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡu sraːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	求	索
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiú	suǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ gjuw ›	‹ sak ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)u/	/*[s]ˁak/
English	seek	search (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	求	索
Reading #	1/1	2/3
No.	10560	12193
Phonetic component	求	索
Rime group	幽	鐸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍	𡩡
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/	/*sraːɡ/
Notes	說文作裘古文，甲文爲蛷初文與裘大異

Verb

求索

to search for (something); to seek; to quest; to explore
- 路曼曼其脩遠兮，吾將上下而求索。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  路曼曼其脩远兮，吾将上下而求索。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
  Lù mànmàn qí xiū yuǎn xī, wú jiāng shàngxià ér qiúsuǒ. [Pinyin]
  For the road was so far and so distant was my journey,
  And I wanted to go up and down, seeking my heart’s desire.
to ask for (something); to demand

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