索居

Chinese

		to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated	reside
simp. and trad. (索居)		索	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sok³ geoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǒjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suǒjyu
    • Wade–Giles: so³-chü¹
    • Yale: swǒ-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoojiu
    • Palladius: соцзюй (soczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sok³ geoi¹
    • Yale: sok gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sok⁸ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sog³ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːk̚³ kɵy̯⁵⁵/

Verb

索居

1. to isolate oneself from the crowd and live alone

Derived terms

• 離群索居 / 离群索居 (líqúnsuǒjū)