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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

以求

yǐqiú

in order to

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

in order to

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 以求 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 以求 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

卿曹与我俱在绝域,欲立大功以求富贵。qīng cáo yǔ wǒ jù zài jué yù, yù lì dà gōng yǐ qiú fù guì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

栖身荒屋以求一夜之安的旅人不会去修葺漏雨的屋顶。qī shēn huāng wū yǐ qiú yī yè zhī ān de lǚ rén bú huì qù xiū qì lòu yǔ de wū dǐng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 以求.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 以求.

Directly before

  • 荒屋以求1
  • 立大功以求1

Directly after

  • 以求一夜1
  • 以求富贵1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 以求

What does 以求 mean in Chinese?

以求 (yǐqiú) means in order to.

How do you pronounce 以求?

以求 is pronounced yǐqiú.

Is 以求 an HSK word?

以求 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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