求其

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
simp. and trad. (求其)		求	其
alternative forms		求祈

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ kei⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau⁴ kei⁴
  - Yale: kàuh kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴ kéi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹/

Adjective

求其

(Cantonese) careless; sloppy
佢太求其喇。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
keoi⁵ taai³ kau⁴ kei⁴ laa³. [Jyutping]
He's too sloppy.

Synonyms

馬虎／马虎 (mǎhu)
隨便／随便 (suíbiàn)

Adverb

求其

(Cantonese) carelessly; sloppily; casually
細路，咪以為求其讀兩嘢筆記，考試就會合格先得㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
细路，咪以为求其读两嘢笔记，考试就会合格先得㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]
sai³ lou⁶, mai⁵ ji⁵ wai⁴ kau⁴ kei⁴ duk⁶ loeng⁵ je⁵ bat¹ gei³, haau² si⁵ zau⁶ wui⁵ hap⁶ gaak³ sin¹ dak¹ gaa². [Jyutping]
Kid, don't think that casually skimming the notes will let you pass the exam.

求其搵幾個人嚟幫手搬檯搬凳啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
求其揾几个人嚟帮手搬台搬凳啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
kau⁴ kei⁴ wan² gei² go³ jan^4-2 lai⁴ bong¹ sau² bun¹ toi^4-2 bun¹ dang³ laa¹. [Jyutping]
Just get a few guys to help move the tables and chairs.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 隨便 (“casually; as one pleases; at random”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		隨便
Mandarin	Taiwan	隨便
	Yangzhou	隨便
	Nanjing	隨便
	Malaysia	隨便
	Singapore	隨便
Cantonese	Guangzhou	隨便, 是但, 求其
	Hong Kong	隨便, 是但, 求其
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	隨便
	Macau	是但
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	是但, 隨便
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	是但
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	隨便
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	是但
	Foshan	是但, 隨便
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	是但
	Foshan (Shunde)	是但
	Foshan (Sanshui)	隨便
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	求其
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	是但
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	是但
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	求其
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	是但, 隨便
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	是但
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	求其, 是但
	Taishan	是但, 求其
	Kaiping (Chikan)	是但, 求其
	Enping (Niujiang)	求其, 是但
	Heshan (Yayao)	是但, 隨便
	Dongguan	隨便, 是但, 求其
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	是但
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	隨便
	Singapore (Guangfu)	隨便
Gan	Nanchang	隨便
Hakka	Meixian	隨便
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	隨便
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	隨便
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	隨便
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	隨便
	Conghua (Lütian)	隨便
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	儘採
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	儘採
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	儘採
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	儘採
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	儘採
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	儘採
Huizhou	Jixi	隨便
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	隨便
Southern Min	Xiamen	凊彩
	Quanzhou	凊彩
	Anxi	凊彩
	Zhangzhou	凊彩
	Zhao'an	凊彩
	Dongshan	凊彩
	Tainan	凊彩
	Penang (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Singapore (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Manila (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Chaozhou	亂
	Shantou	亂, 凊彩
	Jieyang	亂, 凊彩
	Lufeng	凊彩
	Haifeng	凊彩
	Singapore (Teochew)	亂, 凊彩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	凊彩
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	是但, 求其
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	是但
Wu	Shanghai	隨便
	Danyang	隨便
	Jinhua	隨便
Xiang	Loudi	隨便

Derived terms

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