乞討

See also: 乞讨

Chinese

		beg	ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry
trad. (乞討)		乞	討
simp. (乞讨)		乞	讨
anagram		討乞／讨乞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐtǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄊㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat¹ tou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khit-thó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐtǎo [Phonetic: qítǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄊㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐtǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-tʻao³
    • Yale: chǐ-tǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiitao
    • Palladius: цитао (citao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat¹ tou²
    • Yale: hāt tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁷ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed¹ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit-thó
    • Tâi-lô: khit-thó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qittoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁵ tʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰɤ⁴¹/

Verb

乞討

1. to beg (ask for food or money as charity)

Synonyms

• 乞米 (hat² mai²) (Taishanese)
• 分 (Min Nan)
• 行乞 (xíngqǐ)
• 討乞／讨乞 (tǎoqǐ)
• 討食／讨食 (“to beg for food”) (Hokkien, Teochew)

 

See also

• 花子 (huāzi)
• 叫花子 (jiàohuāzi)
• 乞丐 (qǐgài)