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): ㄞ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ kau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ôi-khiù

  (Meixian, Guangdong): oi¹ kiu²

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ai-kiû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ai¹ kiu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āiqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôi-khiù
    • Hakka Romanization System: oi´ kiuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: oi¹ kiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /oi̯²⁴ kʰi̯u¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: oi¹ kiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /oɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ cʰiu¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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

1. 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 (Min Nan)
• 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)