祈 (kei4 | qi2) : pray; beseech

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祈

kei4

qi2

[1] pray to/for
[2] beseech; beg; entreat; plead; implore

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 示 (#113)

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

祈

This word has been viewed 5581 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Nov 2009 11:19

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千祈 cin1 kei4 = must; by all means 粵

千祈唔好 cin1 kei4 m4 hou2 = don't ever 粵

祈福 kei4 fuk1 qi2 fu2 = to pray for blessings

祈禱 kei4 tou2 qi2 dao3 = pray

祈禱文 kei4 tou2 man4 qi2 dao3 wen2 = a prayer; prayers

開會祈禱 hoi1 wui6*2 kei4 tou2 kai1 hui4 qi2 dao3 = invocation

祈請 kei4 cing2 ai2 qing3 = to beseech

求祈 kau4 kei4 = careless; casually 粵

祈求 kei4 kau4 qi2 qiu2 = to request; to seek after; to beseech

祈使句 kei4 sai2 geoi3 qi2 shi3 ju4 = [ling.] imperative sentence
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你千祈唔好插手粵
You must not, by any means, interfere.
[Lit. you 1000-exhortations don't insert-hand [i.e. put it where it doesn't belong.]]

千祈唔好講大話。粵
Don't ever tell lies.

要成功就要一步一步嚟，千祈要切忌太急進粵
Take things one step at a time; avoid being rash and hasty if you want to succeed.

每晚臨瞓前，我一定會祈禱。粵
Everynight before I sleep, I must pray.

我會為你祈禱
I'd pray for you
[[粵]我會幫你祈禱]

呢啲山路係咁𪙛𠸉㗎喇，千祈要用低波行呀。粵
You must engage low gears when you drive as these mountain roads are very uneven.

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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: 祈
Unicode code for this character: U+7948 (off-site link)

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