"尋求" meaning in Chinese

See 尋求 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɕyn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɐm²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sim¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /sim²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], /siam²³⁻³³ kiu²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /siam²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰiu⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ɕyn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/, /t͡sʰɐm²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/, /sim¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/, /sim²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/, /siam²³⁻³³ kiu²³/, /siam²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/, /t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰiu⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: xúnqiú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], cam⁴ kau⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sîm-kiû [Hokkien, POJ], siâm-kiû [Hokkien, POJ], cim⁵ kiu⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], xúnqiú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], syúncióu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsün²-chʻiu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syún-chyóu [Mandarin, Yale], shyunchyou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сюньцю [Mandarin, Palladius], sjunʹcju [Mandarin, Palladius], chàhm kàuh [Cantonese, Yale], tsam⁴ kau⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], cem⁴ keo⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sîm-kiû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], simkiuu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], siâm-kiû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], siamkiuu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tshîm khiû [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 尋求
  1. to seek; to look for Derived forms: 尋求庇護者 (xúnqiú bìhùzhě), 寻求庇护者 (xúnqiú bìhùzhě)
    Sense id: en-尋求-zh-verb-3h7no6Xp Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Synonyms: 參訪 (cānfǎng) [literary], 参访 (cānfǎng) [literary], 尋摸 (xúnmō) (english: literary or colloquial), 寻摸 (xúnmō) (english: literary or colloquial), 探求 (tànqiú), (sōu), (qiú), 求思 (qiúsī) [literary], 熱衷 (rèzhōng), 热衷 (rèzhōng), 牟取 (móuqǔ) (english: usually illegally), 獵取 (lièqǔ), 猎取 (lièqǔ), 考究, (mì) [in-compounds, literary], (mì) [in-compounds, literary], 訪查 (fǎngchá) [literary], 访查 (fǎngchá) [literary], 謀取 (móuqǔ), 谋取 (móuqǔ), 謀求 (móuqiú), 谋求 (móuqiú), 講求 (jiǎngqiú), 讲求 (jiǎngqiú), 講究 (jiǎngjiu), 讲究 (jiǎngjiu), 追求 (zhuīqiú), 追逐 (zhuīzhú)

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  "lang_code": "zh",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "xúnqiú bìhùzhě",
          "word": "尋求庇護者"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xúnqiú bìhùzhě",
          "word": "寻求庇护者"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to seek shelter",
          "roman": "xúnqiú bìhù",
          "text": "尋求庇護/寻求庇护",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to seek legal assistance",
          "roman": "xúnqiú fǎlǜ bāngzhù",
          "text": "尋求法律幫助/寻求法律帮助",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to seek political asylum",
          "roman": "xúnqiú zhèngzhì bìhù",
          "text": "尋求政治庇護/寻求政治庇护",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to seek; to look for"
      ],
      "id": "en-尋求-zh-verb-3h7no6Xp",
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          "seek",
          "seek"
        ],
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          "look for",
          "look for"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
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          "roman": "cānfǎng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "參訪"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cānfǎng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "参访"
        },
        {
          "english": "literary or colloquial",
          "roman": "xúnmō",
          "word": "尋摸"
        },
        {
          "english": "literary or colloquial",
          "roman": "xúnmō",
          "word": "寻摸"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tànqiú",
          "word": "探求"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sōu",
          "word": "搜"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiú",
          "word": "求"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiúsī",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "求思"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rèzhōng",
          "word": "熱衷"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rèzhōng",
          "word": "热衷"
        },
        {
          "english": "usually illegally",
          "roman": "móuqǔ",
          "word": "牟取"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lièqǔ",
          "word": "獵取"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lièqǔ",
          "word": "猎取"
        },
        {
          "word": "考究"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mì",
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "覓"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mì",
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "觅"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fǎngchá",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "訪查"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fǎngchá",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "访查"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móuqǔ",
          "word": "謀取"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móuqǔ",
          "word": "谋取"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móuqiú",
          "word": "謀求"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móuqiú",
          "word": "谋求"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎngqiú",
          "word": "講求"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎngqiú",
          "word": "讲求"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎngjiu",
          "word": "講究"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎngjiu",
          "word": "讲究"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhuīqiú",
          "word": "追求"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhuīzhú",
          "word": "追逐"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xúnqiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cam⁴ kau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sîm-kiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siâm-kiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cim⁵ kiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xúnqiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syúncióu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsün²-chʻiu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syún-chyóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyunchyou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сюньцю"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjunʹcju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chàhm kàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsam⁴ kau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cem⁴ keo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sîm-kiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "simkiuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siâm-kiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siamkiuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siam²³⁻³³ kiu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siam²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshîm khiû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰiu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siam²³⁻³³ kiu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siam²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰiu⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "尋求"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "xúnqiú bìhùzhě",
      "word": "尋求庇護者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xúnqiú bìhùzhě",
      "word": "寻求庇护者"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "尋求",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Advanced Mandarin",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to seek shelter",
          "roman": "xúnqiú bìhù",
          "text": "尋求庇護/寻求庇护",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to seek legal assistance",
          "roman": "xúnqiú fǎlǜ bāngzhù",
          "text": "尋求法律幫助/寻求法律帮助",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to seek political asylum",
          "roman": "xúnqiú zhèngzhì bìhù",
          "text": "尋求政治庇護/寻求政治庇护",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to seek; to look for"
      ],
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        [
          "seek",
          "seek"
        ],
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xúnqiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cam⁴ kau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sîm-kiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siâm-kiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cim⁵ kiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xúnqiú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syúncióu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsün²-chʻiu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syún-chyóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyunchyou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сюньцю"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjunʹcju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chàhm kàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsam⁴ kau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cem⁴ keo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sîm-kiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "simkiuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siâm-kiû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siamkiuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siam²³⁻³³ kiu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siam²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshîm khiû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰiu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕyn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sim²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siam²³⁻³³ kiu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siam²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰiu⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "cānfǎng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "參訪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cānfǎng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "参访"
    },
    {
      "english": "literary or colloquial",
      "roman": "xúnmō",
      "word": "尋摸"
    },
    {
      "english": "literary or colloquial",
      "roman": "xúnmō",
      "word": "寻摸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tànqiú",
      "word": "探求"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sōu",
      "word": "搜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiú",
      "word": "求"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiúsī",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "求思"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rèzhōng",
      "word": "熱衷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rèzhōng",
      "word": "热衷"
    },
    {
      "english": "usually illegally",
      "roman": "móuqǔ",
      "word": "牟取"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lièqǔ",
      "word": "獵取"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lièqǔ",
      "word": "猎取"
    },
    {
      "word": "考究"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mì",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "覓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mì",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "觅"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fǎngchá",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "訪查"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fǎngchá",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "访查"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móuqǔ",
      "word": "謀取"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móuqǔ",
      "word": "谋取"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móuqiú",
      "word": "謀求"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móuqiú",
      "word": "谋求"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎngqiú",
      "word": "講求"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎngqiú",
      "word": "讲求"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎngjiu",
      "word": "講究"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎngjiu",
      "word": "讲究"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuīqiú",
      "word": "追求"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuīzhú",
      "word": "追逐"
    }
  ],
  "word": "尋求"
}

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