乞
Information about character(s)
Radical: 乙Radical Strokes: 1
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 3
Pronunciation
Pinyin: qǐ, qìCantonese: hat1
JapaneseKun: KOU KOI
JapaneseOn: KOTSU KI
Korean: KEL KI
Vietnamese: khất
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: beg; requestCE-Dict: to beg
Soothill: To beg.
English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): To pray for; to beg for. To beg for alms.
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to beg
朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: beg; supplicate
懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: beg; supplicate
康熙字典文字版 【子集上】【乙字部】 乞
【廣韻】去訖切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】欺訖切,𠀤音䒗。求也。【禮·內則】五帝憲三王有乞言。【史記·王翦傳】將軍之乞貸,亦已甚矣。【後漢·李通傳】以病上書乞身。 又【釋典】比丘者,華言乞士,謂內乞法資心,外乞食資身也。 又姓。五代將乞力。又乞伏,複姓。 又【集韻】丘旣切【正韻】去冀切,𠀤音器。凡與人物,亦曰乞。【前漢·朱買臣傳】吏卒更乞匃之。【註】音氣。【晉書·謝安傳】謂甥羊曇曰:以墅乞汝。 【鄭樵·通志】气,氣也。因聲借爲與人之乞,音氣。因與人之義,借爲求人之乞,此因借而借也。
Buddhism words and phrases pray for
CF-Dict: mendier
Han-De-Dict: bitten, betteln, etwas erbitten (u.E.)/Qi (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)