祈求

Chinese

		implore; pray; please	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
simp. and trad. (祈求)		祈	求
alternative forms		蘄求／蕲求

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
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:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    期求
    祈求
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:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    期求
    祈求
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-khiù
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ kiuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki² kiu²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ kʰi̯u¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gì-giù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³⁻³³ ^(k-)ieu⁵³/
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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ji-jieu
  - MiniDict: ji^去 jieu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji-jjieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²² d͡ʑiɤ⁴⁴/

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)