禱 (tou2 | dao3) : pray; beg

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禱

tou2

dao3

[1] pray; say a prayer
[2] beg [used in correspondence]

Stroke count: 19

Level: 1

Radical: 示 (#113)

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

禱 / 祷

This word has been viewed 5120 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Mar 2012 01:28

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祈禱 kei4 tou2 qi2 dao3 = pray

禱告 tou2 gou3 dao3 gao4 = to pray; prayer

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

做禱告 zou6 tou2 gou3 zuo4 dao3 gao4 = to pray

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

代禱 doi6 tou2 dai4 dao3 = 1. [n] intercession 2. [v] to intercede for; to pray one someone's behalf

全球禱告日 cyun4 kau4 tou2 gou3 jat6 = Global Day of Prayer

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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]

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Decimal representation of this word: 禱
Unicode code for this character: U+79b1 (off-site link)

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