一生何求

Chinese

		lifetime; all one's life; one's whole life	carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
simp. and trad. (一生何求)		一生	何	求

Etymology

From the name of a 1989 Cantonese song (“Yat sang ho kau”). The name follows the SOV word order (when the object is an interrogative pronoun) of Classical Chinese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshēnghéqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄜˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sang¹ ho⁴ kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshēnghéqiú [Phonetic: yìshēnghéqiú]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄜˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishenghécióu
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shêng¹-ho²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: yī-shēng-hé-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishengherchyou
    • Palladius: ишэнхэцю (išɛnxɛcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sang¹ ho⁴ kau⁴
    • Yale: yāt sāng hòh kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sang¹ ho⁴ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ seng¹ ho⁴ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ hɔː²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

一生何求

1. What can (I) pursue in this life? What else can (I) seek in life?