乞討

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See also: 乞讨

Chinese

		beg	ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry
trad. (乞討)		乞	討
simp. (乞讨)		乞	讨
anagram		討乞／讨乞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐtǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄊㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hat¹ tou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khit-thó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐtǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄊㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐtǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-tʻao³
  - Yale: chǐ-tǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiitao
  - Palladius: цитао (citao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hat¹ tou²
  - Yale: hāt tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁷ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hed¹ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit-thó
  - Tâi-lô: khit-thó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qittoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰo⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁵ tʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰɤ⁴¹/

Verb

乞討

to beg (ask for food or money as charity)

Synonyms

乞米 (hat² mai²) (Taishanese)
分 (Min Nan)
行乞 (xíngqǐ)
討乞／讨乞 (tǎoqǐ)
討食／讨食 (“to beg for food”) (Hokkien, Teochew)

See also

花子 (huāzi)
叫花子 (jiàohuāzi)
乞丐 (qǐgài)

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