哀告

哀告

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	to tell; to inform; to say
simp. and trad. (哀告)		哀	告

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āigào

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄍㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ gou³
• Min Nan (POJ): ai-kò͘ / ai-kò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āigào
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄍㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aigào
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-kao⁴
    • Yale: āi-gàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aigaw
    • Palladius: айгао (ajgao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi¹ gou³
    • Yale: ōi gou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ gou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ gou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ kou̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: ai-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'kox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³ kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-kò
    • Tâi-lô: ai-kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'koix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² ko²¹/

Verb

哀告

1. to beg piteously; to supplicate

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 哀告

乞丐 (qǐgài) (archaic) 乞求 (qǐqiú) 哀求 (āiqiú) 央告 (yānggào) 央求 (yāngqiú) 求 (qiú) 沽情 (Min Nan) 祈求 (qíqiú) (to pray for) 祈祝 (qízhù) (literary)

要求 (yāoqiú) 乞憐／乞怜 (qǐlián) (to beg for pity) 憑／凭 (píng) (literary) 懇求／恳求 (kěnqiú) 懇請／恳请 (kěnqǐng) 煩請／烦请 (fánqǐng) (honorific, polite) 祝禱／祝祷 (zhùdǎo) (literary) 請／请 (qǐng) 請求／请求 (qǐngqiú)