強求

Chinese

		strength; force; power strength; force; power; powerful; better	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
trad. (強求)		強	求
simp. (强求)		强	求

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiǎngqiú, qiángqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ, ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁵ kau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiòng-khiù
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiông-kiû / kiâng-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎngqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎngcióu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiang³-chʻiu²
  - Yale: chyǎng-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheangchyou
  - Palladius: цянцю (cjancju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common misreading)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiángqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciángcióu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-chʻiu²
  - Yale: chyáng-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangchyou
  - Palladius: цянцю (cjancju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: koeng⁵ kau⁴
  - Yale: kéuhng kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁵ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁵ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːŋ¹³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiòng-khiù
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiong^ˇ kiu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiong² kiu²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯oŋ¹¹ kʰi̯u¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiông-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: kiông-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiongkiuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ²³⁻³³ kiu²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâng-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: kiâng-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiangkiuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiaŋ¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/

Verb

強求

to force (someone) to (do something); to insist on; to impose; to make peremptory demands