祈禱

See also: 祈祷

Chinese

		implore; pray; please	prayer; pray; supplication
trad. (祈禱)		祈	禱
simp. (祈祷)		祈	祷
anagram		禱祈／祷祈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qídǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kei⁴ tou²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): kei³ hau²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-tó
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kî-tó / ki-tó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ dao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qídǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cídǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-tao³
    • Yale: chí-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyidao
    • Palladius: цидао (cidao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ tou²
    • Yale: kèih tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: kei³ hau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei²² hau⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-tó
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ do`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² do³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ to³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-tó
    • Tâi-lô: kî-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'doir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² to⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ tɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² to⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² to⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-tó
    • Tâi-lô: ki-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'doir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ to⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki⁵ dao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî táu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tau⁵²/

Verb

祈禱

1. to pray

   向上帝祈禱／向上帝祈祷  ―  xiàng Shàngdì qídǎo  ―  to pray to God

   • 我老實同你講，佢噉做唔係同上帝祈緊禱，佢只係博你掌聲，呃你畀like。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我老实同你讲，佢噉做唔系同上帝祈紧祷，佢只系博你掌声，呃你畀like。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, 梁柏堅, 《時勢好惡，做基督徒好難》, page 184 (part of a paraphrase of Matthew 6:5–8)

     ngo⁵ lou⁵ sat⁶ tung⁴ nei⁵ gong², keoi⁵ gam² zou⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ tung⁴ soeng⁶ dai³ kei⁴ gan² tou², keoi⁵ zi² hai⁶ bok³ nei⁵ zoeng² sing¹, ngaak¹ nei⁵ bei² lai¹. [Jyutping]

     Truly I tell you, doing that, they're not praying to God; they're just looking for your applause and attracting likes.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 祈禱 (“to pray (intransitive)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		祈禱, 禱告
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	祈禱, 禱告
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	禱告
Mandarin	Singapore	祈禱, 禱告
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	дўвар
Cantonese	Guangzhou	祈禱
	Hong Kong	祈禱
Gan	Nanchang	禱告
Hakka	Meixian	禱告
Southern Min	Tainan	祈禱
	Penang (Hokkien)	祈禱
	Manila (Hokkien)	祈禱
	Shantou	禱告
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	祈公

Derived terms

• 祈禱文／祈祷文
• 祈禱書／祈祷书 (qídǎoshū)
• 祈禱會／祈祷会
• 祈禱毯／祈祷毯 (qídǎotǎn)
• 祈禱禮／祈祷礼

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祈	禱
き Grade: S	とう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

祈(き)禱(とう) • (kitō) ^{←きたう (kitau)?}

1. Kyūjitai form of 祈祷

Verb

祈(き)禱(とう)する • (kitō suru) ^{←きたう (kitau)?}suru (stem 祈(き)禱(とう)し (kitō shi), past 祈(き)禱(とう)した (kitō shita))

1. Alternative spelling of 祈祷

Conjugation

Conjugation of "祈禱する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	祈禱し	きとうし	kitō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	祈禱し	きとうし	kitō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	祈禱する	きとうする	kitō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	祈禱する	きとうする	kitō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	祈禱すれ	きとうすれ	kitō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	祈禱せよ¹ 祈禱しろ²	きとうせよ¹ きとうしろ²	kitō seyo¹ kitō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	祈禱される	きとうされる	kitō sareru
Causative	祈禱させる 祈禱さす	きとうさせる きとうさす	kitō saseru kitō sasu
Potential	祈禱できる	きとうできる	kitō dekiru
Volitional	祈禱しよう	きとうしよう	kitō shiyō
Negative	祈禱しない	きとうしない	kitō shinai
Negative continuative	祈禱せず	きとうせず	kitō sezu
Formal	祈禱します	きとうします	kitō shimasu
Perfective	祈禱した	きとうした	kitō shita
Conjunctive	祈禱して	きとうして	kitō shite
Hypothetical conditional	祈禱すれば	きとうすれば	kitō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
祈	禱

Noun

祈禱 • (gido) (hangeul 기도)

1. Hanja form^? of 기도 (“prayer”).