哀求

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
simp. and trad. (哀求)		哀	求

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āiqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄞㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ kau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ôi-khiù

(Meixian, Guangdong): oi¹ kiu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ai-kiû

(Teochew, Peng'im): ai¹ kiu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āiqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: aicióu
  - Wade–Giles: ai¹-chʻiu²
  - Yale: āi-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aichyou
  - Palladius: айцю (ajcju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: oi¹ kau⁴
  - Yale: ōi kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôi-khiù
  - Hakka Romanization System: oi^ˊ kiu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: oi¹ kiu²
  - Sinological IPA: /oi̯²⁴ kʰi̯u¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: oi¹ kiu²
  - Sinological IPA: /oɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰiu¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: ai-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ai'kiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ai¹ kiu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ai khiû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³³⁻²³ kʰiu⁵⁵/

Verb

哀求

to implore; to entreat

Synonyms

乞丐 (qǐgài) (archaic)
乞憐 / 乞怜 (qǐlián) (to beg for pity)
乞求 (qǐqiú)
哀告 (āigào)
央告 (yānggào)
央求 (yāngqiú)
憑 / 凭 (píng) (literary)
懇求 / 恳求 (kěnqiú)
懇請 / 恳请 (kěnqǐng)
求 (qiú)
沽情 (Hokkien)
煩請 / 烦请 (fánqǐng) (honorific, polite)
祈求 (qíqiú) (to pray for)
祈祝 (qízhù) (literary)
祝禱 / 祝祷 (zhùdǎo) (literary)
要求 (yāoqiú)
請 / 请
請求 / 请求 (qǐngqiú)