徵求 [征－]

Jyutping zing1 kau4
Pinyin zhēng qiú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to solicit
  2. to seek
  3. to request (opinions, feedback etc)
  4. to petition
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    尋求​、​得到
    to solicit; to seek
    • 徵求老師嘅同意
      征求老师嘅同意
      zing1 kau4 lou5 si1 ge3 tung4 ji3
      to seek agreement from the teacher; to ask for the teacher's consent
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to solicit (an opinion); to seek (advice)
    (syn.) 徵詢, 访求, 訪求, 征询
    • 徵求意見
      征求意见
      zhēng qiú yì jiàn
      to seek advice
  2. verb
    to levy; to tax
    (syn.) 徵收, 征收
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 四级词汇表 #945
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你应该向他征求意见。
    你應該向他徵求意見。
    nǐ yīng gāi xiàng tā zhēng qiú yì jiàn 。
    • You ought to ask him for advice.
  2. Mandarin
    汤姆很不高兴，因为她从来不征求他的意见。
    湯姆很不高興，因為她從來不徵求他的意見。
    tāng mǔ hěn bù gāo xìng ， yīn wèi tā cóng lái bù zhēng qiú tā de yì jiàn 。
    • Tom was unhappy because she wouldn't ask him anything.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    为协助公众起见，我哋就各项建议所提出嘅具体问题征求回应。
    為協助公眾起見，我哋就各項建議所提出嘅具體問題徵求回應。
    wai6 hip3 zo6 gung1 zung3 hei2 gin3, ngo5 dei6 zau6 gok3 hong6 gin3 ji5 so2 tai4 ceot1 ge3 geoi6 tai2 man6 tai4 zing1 kau4 wui4 jing3.
    • To assist the public, we have asked for responses to specific questions raised by the proposals.
  2. Cantonese
    征求老师嘅同意
    徵求老師嘅同意
    zing1 kau4 lou5 si1 ge3 tung4 ji3
    • to seek agreement from the teacher; to ask for the teacher's consent
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    征求意见
    徵求意見
    zhēng qiú yì jiàn
    • to seek advice