乞 qǐ

1. qǐ verb to beg; to request
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 求 (Guoyu '乞' v 1; Kroll 2015 '乞' 1, p. 356; Mathews 1931 '乞', p. 75; Unihan '乞'; XHZD '乞')
2. qǐ verb to hope for; look forward to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 盼望 (Guoyu '乞' v 2)
3. qǐ noun a beggar
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 乞丐 (Guoyu '乞' n 1; Kroll 2015 '乞' 1a, p. 356)
4. qǐ proper noun Qi
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '乞' n 2)
5. qì verb to give
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 给与 (Guoyu '乞' qì; Kroll 2015 '乞' qì, p. 356)
6. qǐ adjective destitute; needy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '乞' 1b, p. 356)

Contained in

• 乞师取谷(乞師取穀) requested soldiers to invade [the Qi territory] of Gu
• 乞子 a beggar
• 乞身 to request time off
• 乞降 to request surrender
• 吹箫乞食(吹簫乞食) to beg while playing the xiao
• 乞巧 a skill test on the 7th day of the 7th month
• 乞人 beggar ; to beg from someone
• 乞免 to beg forgiveness ; to request permission to resign
• 乞假 to request time off
• 乞伏 Qifu
• 乞援 to request help
• 乞头(乞頭) take a percentage of gambling winnings
• 乞丐 beggar ; to beg
• 乞怜(乞憐) to beg for mercy
• 乞命 to beg for one's life ; to request orders
• 讨乞(討乞) to go begging; to ask for alms
• 乞閒 to request retiring
• 乞讨(乞討) to beg
• 摇尾乞怜(搖尾乞憐) to wag the tail and beg for pity
• 乞儿(乞兒) a beggar ; a beggar
• 乞休 to request permission to resign from an official position
• 乞食 to beg for food
• 乞哀告怜(乞哀告憐) begging for pity and asking for help
• 乞企 to earnestly request
• 乞和 to sue for peace
• 请乞(請乞) to request; to beg; to pray
• 求乞 to beg
• 乞师(乞師) to request soldiers [for military aid]
• 乞恕 to beg forgiveness
• 死乞白赖(死乞白賴) to pester someone again and again
• 乞贷(乞貸) to beg for a loan
• 乞求 to beg

Also contained in

乞伏秦 、 苏乞儿 、 乞力马扎罗山 、 乞离胡 、 乞佛

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• 卷四百十八 列傳第一百七十七 吳潛 程元鳳 江萬里 王爚 章鑑 陳宜中 文天祥 Volume 418 Biographies 177: Wu Qian, Cheng Yuanfeng, Jiang Wanli, Wang Yue, Zhang Jian, Chen Yizhong, Wen Tianxiang History of Song 宋史 — count: 38
• 卷二百八十一 列傳第一百六十九 循吏 Volume 281 Biographies 169: Virtuous Officials History of Ming 明史 — count: 38
• 卷二十三　本紀第二十三: 武宗二 Volume 23 Annals 23: Wuzong 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 36
• 卷四十六 本紀第四十六 度宗 Volume 46 Annals 46: Duzong History of Song 宋史 — count: 36
• 卷四百十五 列傳第一百七十四 傅伯成 葛洪 曾三復 黃疇若 袁韶 危稹 程公許 羅必元 王遂 Volume 415 Biographies 174: Fu Bocheng, Ge Hong, Ceng Sanfu, Huang Chouruo, Yuan Shao, Wei Zhen, Cheng Gongxu, Luo Biyuan, Wang Sui History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 卷一百九十四 列傳第八十二 喬宇 孫交 林俊 金獻民 秦金 趙璜 鄒文盛 梁材 劉麟 蔣瑤 王廷相 Volume 194 Biographies 82: Qiao Yu, Sun Jiao, Lin Jun, Jin Xianmin, Qin Jin, Zhao Huang, Zou Wencheng, Liang Cai, Liu Lin, Jiang Yao, Wang Tingxiang History of Ming 明史 — count: 28
• 卷一百九十三 志第一百四十六 兵七 Volume 193 Treatises 146: Military 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 卷四百十四 列傳第一百七十三 史弥远 鄭清之 史嵩之 董槐 葉夢鼎 馬廷鸞 Volume 414 Biographies 173: Shi Miyuan, Zheng Qingzhi, Shi Songzhi, Dong Huai, Ye Mengding, Ma Tingluan History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 卷一百七十 志第一百二十三 職官十 Volume 170 Treatises 123: Offical Posts 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 26
• 卷三百十五 列傳第二百〇三 雲南土司三 Volume 315 Biographies 203: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 26

Collocations

• 乞骸骨 (乞骸骨) 願乞骸骨 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷七 政理 Chapter 7: Governance — count: 37
• 田乞 (田乞) 齊臣田乞弒其君孺子 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦本紀》 Annals of Qin — count: 26
• 石乞 (石乞) 下石乞 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 22
• 乞曰 (乞曰) 乞曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 18
• 陈乞 (陳乞) 齊陳乞 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 18
• 愿乞 (願乞) 願乞靈於臧氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 9
• 乞盟 (乞盟) 病而乞盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 9
• 乞言 (乞言) 養老乞言 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧行葦 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Xing Wei — count: 7
• 乞弑 (乞弒) 齊陳乞弒其君荼 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 7
• 西乞 (西乞) 西乞 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5