乞求

Chinese

		beg	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
simp. and trad. (乞求)		乞	求
anagram		求乞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat¹ kau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): khit-kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐcióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-chʻiu²
    • Yale: chǐ-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiichyou
    • Palladius: цицю (cicju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰjoʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 乞求 企求

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat¹ kau⁴
    • Yale: hāt kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁷ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed¹ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: khit-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qitkiuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁵ kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiu²⁴/

Verb

乞求

1. to beg; to implore; to beseech

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 乞求

• 乞丐 (qǐgài) (archaic)
• 哀告 (āigào)
• 哀求 (āiqiú)
• 央告 (yānggào)
• 央求 (yāngqiú)
• 求 (qiú)
• 沽情 (Min Nan)
• 祈求 (qíqiú) (to pray for)
• 祈祝 (qízhù) (literary)

• 要求 (yāoqiú)
• 乞憐／乞怜 (qǐlián) (to beg for pity)
• 憑／凭 (píng) (literary)
• 懇求／恳求 (kěnqiú)
• 懇請／恳请 (kěnqǐng)
• 煩請／烦请 (fánqǐng) (honorific, polite)
• 祝禱／祝祷 (zhùdǎo) (literary)
• 請／请 (qǐng)
• 請求／请求 (qǐngqiú)