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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ji-jieu

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• 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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• 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:

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• 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
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ji-jieu
    • MiniDict: ji^去 jieu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji-jjieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²² d͡ʑiɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

祈求

1. 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)