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

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• 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/

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• 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

1. 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.

2. to ask for (something); to demand