苛求

苛求

Chinese

		severe; exacting	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
simp. and trad. (苛求)		苛	求

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho¹ kau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): kho͘-kiû / kho-kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kēqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kechyou
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho¹ kau⁴
    • Yale: hō kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho¹ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho¹ keo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔː⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: khoo-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qo'kiuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³ kiu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: kho-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoi'kiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²³/

Verb

苛求

1. to make excessive demands; to be overcritical