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祈求

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

Verb

祈求

to pray for; to appeal; to supplicate

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qíqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ kau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-khiù
Min Nan (POJ): kî-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qíqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyichyou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ kau⁴
  - Yale: kèih kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ kau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-khiù
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ kiuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki² kiu²
  - IPA: /kʰi¹¹ kʰi̯u¹¹/
Min Nan
- (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/