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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-kiû

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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/
• 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/

Verb

祈求

1. to pray for; to appeal; to supplicate

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