求 qiú

1. 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)
2. 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).
3. qiú verb to implore
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education
   Notes: In the sense of 恳讬 (Guoyu '求' v 2)
4. qiú verb to aspire to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '求' 1b)
5. 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)
6. qiú verb to attract
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 招引 (Guoyu '求' v 5)
7. qiú verb to bribe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 求 is similar in meaning to 赇.
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. qiú verb to end
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHDC '求' 4)

Contained in

• 求剑刻舟(求劍刻舟) to look for a sword from a notch in a boat
• 求见(求見) to seek to see
• 求福禳灾(求福禳災) to pray for good fortune and avoiding bad fortune
• 死中求生 to seek life in death; to fight for one's life
• 梦寐以求(夢寐以求) to yearn for something even in one's dreams; to long for something day and night
• 求雨 to pray for rain
• 求欢(求歡) to proposition a woman
• 求告 to implore; to beseech
• 守株待兔，缘木求鱼(守株待兔，緣木求魚) to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish
• 浅希近求(淺希近求) to aim low; to aim to get by; without lofty ambition
• 正当要求(正當要求) a reasonable request
• 求爱(求愛) to woo
• 祈求 to pray; to appeal
• 求索 to search; to seek; to quest; to explore
• 独孤求败(獨孤求敗) Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in novels
• 求知欲(求知慾) desire for knowledge
• 贪求无厌(貪求無厭) insatiably greedy
• 急于求成(急於求成) to be anxious for quick results
• 稳中求进(穩中求進) to make progress while ensuring stability
• 访求(訪求) to seek; to search for
• 需求层次理论(需求層次理論) (Maslow's) hierarchy of needs
• 求得 to seek
• 食不求饱(食不求飽) with regard to food, use restraint
• 恳求(懇求) to beg; to entreat
• 刻意求工 assiduous and painstaking
• 求医癖(求醫癖) Munchausen syndrome
• 争求(爭求) to competitively seek after; to fight for; to compete
• 求饶(求饒) to beg forgiveness
• 供大于求(供大於求) supply exceeds demand
• 求战(求戰) to seek battle
• 求救 to cry for help
• 食无求饱(食無求飽) with regard to food, use restraint
• 求取 to seek after; to strive for
• 征求(徵求) to solicit; to seek; to request; to petition
• 求助于人(求助於人) to call upon others for help
• 诛求无厌(誅求無厭) incessant exorbitant demands
• 可遇不可求 can be discovered but not sought; one can only come across such things serendipitously
• 同类相求(同類相求) like kinds seek each other
• 求好心切 to demand the highest standards of somebody (or oneself); to strive to achieve the best possible results
• 追求 to pursue; to seek after; to court
• 寻求(尋求) to seek
• 欲求 to desire; to want
• 求乞 to beg
• 央求 to implore; to plead
• 缘木求鱼(緣木求魚) climbing a tree to catch a fish
• 反求诸己(反求諸己) to seek the cause in oneself rather than somebody else
• 求死愿望(求死願望) death wish
• 求偿(求償) to seek compensation; indemnity
• 求职(求職) to seek employment; to look for a job

Also contained in

请求调页 、 流求

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 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: 13
• 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: 10
• 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
• 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
• 使求 (使求) 使求遭喪之禮以行 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 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
• 敢求 (敢求) 我其敢求位 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — 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