乞 (qǐ): to beg
乞 (qǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “to beg.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 乙 (structural). It ranks #2351 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to beg
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乞求 | qǐ qiú | to beg |
| 乞丐 | qǐ gài | beggar |
| 乞讨 | qǐ tǎo | to beg |
| 乞怜 | qǐ lián | to beg for pity |
| 乞力马扎罗山 | qǐ lì mǎ zhā luó shān | Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania |
| 行乞 | xíng qǐ | to beg |
| 乞食 | qǐ shí | to beg for food |
| 死乞白赖 | sǐ qi bái lài | to pester someone again and again |
| 乞人 | qǐ rén | beggar |
| 乞和 | qǐ hé | to sue for peace |
| 乞儿 | qǐ ér | beggar |
| 求乞 | qiú qǐ | to beg |
| 乞哀告怜 | qǐ āi gào lián | begging for pity and asking for help (idiom) |
| 摇尾乞怜 | yáo wěi qǐ lián | lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) |
| 讨乞 | tǎo qǐ | to go begging |
乞 appears in 20 compound words: 70 as the first character, 15 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 乞 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
乞丐在街头乞讨。
Qǐgài zài jiētóu qǐtǎo.
Beggars beg on the streets.
...龍池宮廟埕「全是錢」 價值800萬百龜供乞龜祈福
. . . 龍 chí 宮 廟 埕 quán shì 錢 價 zhí 萬 bǎi 龜 gōng qǐ 龜 qí fú
... The Longchi Palace Temple is "all money" worth 800 turtles for begging turtles to pray for blessings
他很富有，但活得像个乞丐。
Tā hěn fùyǒu, dàn huó de xiàng gè qǐgài.
He is rich yet he lives like a beggar.
我把身上的钱全都给了那个乞丐。
Wǒ bǎ shēnshang de qián quándōu gěi le nàge qǐgài.
I gave the beggar what money I had.
这名乞丐在收集干面包。
Zhè míng qǐgài zài shōují gàn miànbāo.
The beggar is collecting stale bread.
Character Family
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