祈求
Chinese
| implore; pray; please | to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech | ||
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| simp. and trad. (祈求) |
祈 | 求 | |
| alternative forms | 蘄求／蕲求 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): kei4 kau4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-khiù
- Eastern Min (BUC): gì-giù
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-kiû
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6ji-jieu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: qíqiú
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cícióu
- Wade–Giles: chʻi2-chʻiu2
- Yale: chí-chyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyichyou
- Palladius: цицю (cicju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- Homophones:
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祈求
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kei4 kau4
- Yale: kèih kàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: kei4 kau4
- Guangdong Romanization: kéi4 keo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰei̯²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
- Homophones:
期求
祈求
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-khiù
- Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ kiuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ki2 kiu2
- Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ kʰi̯u¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-kiû
- Tâi-lô: kî-kiû
- Phofsit Daibuun: ki'kiuu
- IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² kiu¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ kiu²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Verb
祈求
- to pray for; to appeal; to supplicate
Synonyms
- 乞丐 (qǐgài) (archaic)
- 乞憐 / 乞怜 (qǐlián) (to beg for pity)
- 乞求 (qǐqiú)
- 哀告 (āigào)
- 哀求 (āiqiú)
- 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)
- 祈祝 (qízhù) (literary)
- 祝禱 / 祝祷 (zhùdǎo) (literary)
- 要求 (yāoqiú)
- 請 / 请
- 請求 / 请求 (qǐngqiú)