予取予求

Chinese

		to give; I	to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	to give; I	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
simp. and trad. (予取予求)		予	取	予	求

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúqǔyúqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Min Nan (POJ): û-chhú-û-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yúqǔyúqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yucheuyuchyou
  - IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û-chhú-û-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: û-tshú-û-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uzhwu'kiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /u²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ u²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /u¹³⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /u²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ u²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²³⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ u²³⁻³³ kiu²³/

Idiom

予取予求

(literally) to seek and ask (something) of me
(figuratively) to make unlimited demands; to demand everything
(figuratively) to do as one pleases

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