取經

取經

See also: 取经

Chinese

		to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture
trad. (取經)		取	經
simp. (取经)		取	经

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi² ging¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhú-keng / chhí-keng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǔjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheujing
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi² ging¹
    • Yale: chéui gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey² ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu² ging¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯³⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-keng
    • Tâi-lô: tshú-king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhw'kefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhí-keng
    • Tâi-lô: tshí-king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy'kefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

取經

1. (Buddhism, historical) to go on a pilgrimage trip to India to acquire Buddhist scriptures
2. (figuratively) to learn from other's experience