央告

央告

Chinese

		center; to implore	to tell; to inform; to say
trad. (央告)		央	告
simp. #(央告)		央	告

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānggào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤ ㄍㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng¹ gou³
• Min Nan (POJ): iong-kò͘ / iong-kò / iang-kò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānggào → yānggao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤ ㄍㄠˋ → ㄧㄤ ˙ㄍㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanggåo
    • Wade–Giles: yang¹-kao⁵
    • Yale: yāng-gau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iang.gaw
    • Palladius: янгао (jangao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /jɑŋ⁵⁵ g̊ɑʊ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng¹ gou³
    • Yale: yēung gou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng¹ gou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng¹ gou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ⁵⁵ kou̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: iong-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongkox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ³³ kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong-kò
    • Tâi-lô: iong-kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongkoix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ko²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iang-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: iang-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iangkox
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/

Verb

央告

1. to beg; to plead; to implore

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 央告

乞丐 (qǐgài) (archaic) 乞求 (qǐqiú) 哀告 (āigào) 哀求 (āiqiú) 央求 (yāngqiú) 求 (qiú) 沽情 (Min Nan) 祈求 (qíqiú) (to pray for) 祈祝 (qízhù) (literary)

要求 (yāoqiú) 乞憐／乞怜 (qǐlián) (to beg for pity) 憑／凭 (píng) (literary) 懇求／恳求 (kěnqiú) 懇請／恳请 (kěnqǐng) 煩請／烦请 (fánqǐng) (honorific, polite) 祝禱／祝祷 (zhùdǎo) (literary) 請／请 (qǐng) 請求／请求 (qǐngqiú)