(qiú) - to beg, to request, to seek; request in Mandarin
qiúTraditional: 求
Translation
to beg, to request, to seek; request
Word origin
求 (qiú) was originally a pictograph of a fur garment or pelt and was later borrowed for the unrelated sense 'to seek', 'to beg' or 'to request'. The original 'fur garment' meaning was then written with a new character, 裘.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- 求 (qiú), pictograph of a fur garment, borrowed for 'to seek'
Stroke order
求
Examples
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I beg you, please help me.
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He asked the teacher for help.
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Every request will be answered.
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He begged the teacher for another chance.
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Better to rely on yourself than on others.
求 (qiú) means to beg, implore, seek, or request. As a direct verb it expresses earnest pleading (我求你, I beg you). In compounds it means to seek or pursue: 求职 (job-seeking), 要求 (to require or demand), 请求 (to request), 追求 (to pursue). The idiom 有求必应 means every request is answered, suggesting generosity or responsiveness. 求 carries a stronger emotional intensity than the neutral 请 (qǐng, please/request).
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 求.
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