乞 (hat1 hei3 | qi3 qi4) : beg; give

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乞

hat1 hei3

qi3 qi4

/hat1/ 拼音:/qi3/
[v] ask for alms; beg; request; entreat; pray humbly; [n] beggar

/hei3/ 拼音:/qi4/
give

Stroke count: 2

Level: 3

Radical: 乙 (#5)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

乞

This word has been viewed 7396 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Feb 2010 23:57

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乞兒 hat1 ji4*1 = beggar 粵

乞嗤 hat1 ci1 qi3 chi1 = a sneeze 粵

打乞嗤 daa2 hat1 ci1 = to sneeze 粵

乞求 hat1 kau4 qi3 qiu2 = to beg

乞食 hat1 sik6 = to beg for food 粵

乞丐 hat1 koi3 qi3 gai4 = a beggar 國

乞討 hat1 tou2 qi3 tao3 = to beg; go begging

乞戟 hat1 gik1 = a hot cake

乞衣 hat1 ji1 = variant of 乞兒粵

乞米 hat1 mai5 = to beg for food
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Showing 1 example containing 乞

一做錯少少嘢就俾佢插, 唔乞人憎就奇! 粵
He chews you out for every small mistake you make, it's no wonder he's so unpopular!

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 乞
Unicode code for this character: U+4e5e (off-site link)

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