Tom begged for Maria's forgiveness.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
祈求
to pray for
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to pray for
02
to appeal
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 祈求 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 祈求 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
I've heard it said that English is for making money, French for making love, and Spanish for praying to God.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 祈求.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 祈求.
Directly before
- 用来祈求1
- 他祈求1
- 上帝祈求1
- 并祈求1
- 人祈求1
Directly after
- 祈求上帝2
- 祈求上天1
- 祈求是1
- 祈求的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 祈求
What does 祈求 mean in Chinese?
祈求 (qíqiú) means to pray for.
How do you pronounce 祈求?
祈求 is pronounced qíqiú.
Is 祈求 an HSK word?
祈求 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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