哀求

哀求

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
simp. and trad. (哀求)		哀	求

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āiqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ kau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ôi-khiù

  (Meixian, Guangdong): oi¹ kiu²

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ai-kiû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ai¹ kiu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āiqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aicióu
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-chʻiu²
    • Yale: āi-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aichyou
    • Palladius: айцю (ajcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi¹ kau⁴
    • Yale: ōi kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôi-khiù
    • Hakka Romanization System: oi´ kiuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: oi¹ kiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /oi̯²⁴ kʰi̯u¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: oi¹ kiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /oɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ cʰiu¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: ai-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'kiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ai¹ kiu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ai khiû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³³⁻²³ kʰiu⁵⁵/

Verb

哀求

1. to implore; to entreat

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 哀求

乞丐 (qǐgài) (archaic) 乞求 (qǐqiú) 哀告 (āigào) 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)