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)

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• 访师求学(訪師求學) to seek a teacher desiring to study
• 哀求天父 to implore our Heavenly Father
• 求存 survival; the struggle to eke out a living; to seek for continued existence
• 请求宽恕(請求寬恕) to sue for mercy; to ask for forgiveness; begging for magnanimity
• 渴求 to long for; to crave for; to greatly desire
• 以求 in order to
• 精益求精 to make something that is outstanding even better; to be constantly improving
• 求见(求見) to seek to see
• 不厌求详(不厭求詳) to not object to striving for detail; to strive for detail
• 求名责实(求名責實) to determine whether name and reality are consistent
• 供大于求(供大於求) supply exceeds demand
• 求子 (of a childless couple) to pray for a son; to try to have a child
• 求死愿望(求死願望) death wish
• 求情告饶(求情告饒) to beg for forgiveness
• 贪求无厌(貪求無厭) insatiably greedy
• 求助 to request help; to appeal
• 诛求无厌(誅求無厭) incessant exorbitant demands
• 缘木求鱼(緣木求魚) climbing a tree to catch a fish
• 刻意求工 assiduous and painstaking
• 请求(請求) to request; to beg; to pray ; to require of somebody
• 不求甚解 not requiring a detailed understanding; only looking for an overview; not bothered with the details; superficial; content with shallow understanding
• 求名求利 to seek fame and fortune
• 求助于人(求助於人) to call upon others for help
• 谋求(謀求) to seek; to strive for
• 毛里求斯卢比(毛裡求斯盧比) Mauritian rupee
• 求学(求學) to seek knowledge; to study; to attend college
• 求职信(求職信) cover letter; job application
• 浅希近求(淺希近求) to aim low; to aim to get by; without lofty ambition
• 不求闻达(不求聞達) no ambition to make a reputation
• 总需求(總需求) aggregate demand
• 虔求 to pray sincerely
• 贪求(貪求) to avidly seek
• 正当要求(正當要求) a reasonable request
• 求取 to seek after; to strive for
• 同类相求(同類相求) like kinds seek each other
• 求医癖(求醫癖) Munchausen syndrome
• 推求 to inquire; to ascertain
• 求福禳灾(求福禳災) to pray for good fortune and avoiding bad fortune
• 求得 to seek
• 求爱(求愛) to woo
• 寻求(尋求) to seek
• 索求 to seek; to demand
• 不求人 backscratcher
• 奢求 to make extravagant demands
• 苦苦哀求 to entreat piteously; to implore
• 征求意见(徵求意見) to solicit opinions
• 求医(求醫) to seek medical treatment; to see a doctor
• 居无求安(居無求安) with regard to accommondation do not seek the excessive comfort
• 求怜经(求憐經) Kyrie Eleison (section of Catholic mass) / Miserere nobis / Lord have mercy upon us
• 求好心切 to demand the highest standards of somebody (or oneself); to strive to achieve the best possible results

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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: 8
• 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
• 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: 2
• 求旧 (求舊) 人惟求舊 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 盤庚上 Shang Shu - Pan Geng I — count: 2
• 求赂 (求賂) 亦執厲公而求賂焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 2
• 外求 (外求) 而外求君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 2