求 qiú
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qiú
verb
to request
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 求 is similar in meaning to 请求 (ABCE '求'; CCD '求' 1; FE '求' 1; GHDC '求' 2; HSK '求' 1) -
qiú
verb
to seek; to look for
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 求 is similar in meaning to 追求. For example, For example, 实事求是 'to seek truth from facts' (ABCE '求'; CCD '求' 3; CCI '实事求是'; FE '求' 2; Guoyu '求' v 1; Kroll 2015 '求' 1; HSK '求' 2). -
qiú
verb
to implore
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education
Notes: In the sense of 恳讬 (Guoyu '求' v 2) -
qiú
verb
to aspire to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '求' 1b) -
qiú
adjective
to be avaricious; to be greedy; to covet
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 求 is similar in meaning to 贪婪 (FE '求' 4; Guoyu '求' v 4) -
qiú
verb
to attract
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 招引 (Guoyu '求' v 5) -
qiú
verb
to bribe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 求 is similar in meaning to 赇. -
qiú
proper noun
Qiu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD '求' 5; GHDC '求' 5; Guoyu '求' n) -
qiú
verb
to demand
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 要求; for example, the idiom 求全责备 'to demand perfection' (CCD '求' 4; FE '求' 2; GHDC '求' 3; Guoyu '求' v 3; Kroll 2015 '求' 2) -
qiú
verb
to end
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC '求' 4)
Contained in
- 追求 to pursue; to seek after; to court
- 蒙求 traditional title of a first reader ; primary education; teaching the ignorant; light to the barbarian
- 求战(求戰) to seek battle
- 征求启事(徵求啟事) a notice to for people to register
- 奢求 to make extravagant demands
- 央求 to implore; to plead
- 求偿(求償) to seek compensation; indemnity
- 求欢(求歡) to proposition a woman
- 诉求(訴求) to appeal; to demand (an answer); requirement; demand; claim; appeal; (marketing) message
- 希求 to hope and request
- 浅希近求(淺希近求) to aim low; to aim to get by; without lofty ambition
- 吹毛求疵 to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect; to be fastidious; nitpick
- 营求(營求) to seek
- 探求 to seek; to pursue; to investigate
- 求名求利 to seek fame and fortune
- 反求诸己(反求諸己) to seek the cause in oneself rather than somebody else
- 委曲求全 to accept a compromise
- 谋求(謀求) to seek; to strive for
- 求偶 to pursue romantically
- 不厌求详(不厭求詳) to not object to striving for detail; to strive for detail
- 正当要求(正當要求) a reasonable request
- 征求会员(徵求會員) to solicit for membership
- 权利要求(權利要求) claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
- 自求多福 to be self reliant in seeking good fortune
- 求证(求證) to seek proof; to seek confirmation
- 索求 to seek; to demand
- 请求宽恕(請求寬恕) to sue for mercy; to ask for forgiveness; begging for magnanimity
- 求福禳灾(求福禳災) to pray for good fortune and avoiding bad fortune
- 求雨 to pray for rain
- 求职信(求職信) cover letter; job application
- 求告 to implore; to beseech
- 独孤求败(獨孤求敗) Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in novels
- 求是 to seek the truth
- 求解 to require a solution; to seek to solve (an equation)
- 跪地求饶(跪地求饒) to kneel and beg forgiveness
- 有求必应(有求必應) to grant whatever is asked for; to accede to every plea
- 求情 to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor
- 苦苦哀求 to entreat piteously; to implore
- 求知欲(求知慾) desire for knowledge
- 苛求 to be demanding
- 推求 to inquire; to ascertain
- 征求(徵求) to solicit; to seek; to request; to petition
- 居无求安(居無求安) with regard to accommondation do not seek the excessive comfort
- 供求 supply and demand
- 死中求生 to seek life in death; to fight for one's life
- 求学(求學) to seek knowledge; to study; to attend college
- 求职(求職) to seek employment; to look for a job
- 求和 to seek peace
- 以求 in order to
- 求人 to ask for help; to ask a favor; to recruit talented people
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷三十七 志第十三 曆七 Volume 37 Treatises 13: Calendar 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 158
- 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 136
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 132
- 卷七十九 志第三十二 律曆十二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Measures and Calendar 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 129
- 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 115
- 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 110
- 卷五十六 志第八: 曆五 Volume 56 Treatises 9: Calendar 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 107
- 卷七十七 志第三十 律曆十 Volume 77 Treatises 30: Measures and Calendar 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 94
- 卷18 志第13 律曆下 Volume 18 Treatises 13: Measures and the Calendar 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 91
- 卷六十九 志第二十二 律曆二 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Measures and Calendar 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 86
Collocations
- 来求 (來求) 萬福來求 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧桑扈 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Sang Hu — count: 11
- 求成 (求成) 而求成焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 8
- 求诸侯 (求諸侯) 不脩德而求諸侯 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧甫田 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Fu Tian — count: 3
- 求君 (求君) 而外求君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
- 求贤 (求賢) 求賢審官 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧卷耳 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Juan Er — count: 3
- 敷求 (敷求) 罔敷求先王 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧抑 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yi — count: 3
- 求车 (求車) 天王求車 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 3
- 不可求 (不可求) 不可求思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧漢廣 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Han Guang — count: 2
- 作求 (作求) 世德作求 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧下武 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Xia Wu — count: 2
- 求备 (求備) 與人不求備 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 伊訓 Shang Shu - Instructions of Yi — count: 2