求雨

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	rain
trad. (求雨)		求	雨
simp. ^#(求雨)		求	雨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiúyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ jyu⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiù-yí
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiû-hō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiúyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cióuyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-yü³
  - Yale: chyóu-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyouyeu
  - Palladius: цююй (cjujuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: kàuh yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ jyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiuˇ i`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiu² yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiuˇ (r)i`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiu² yi³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ (j)i³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: kiû-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiu'ho
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³⁻²² hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³⁻³³ hɔ³³/

Verb

求雨

to pray for rain

Synonyms

祈雨 (qíyǔ)
(Hokkien) 乞雨

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