企求

qǐqiú ㄑㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

    • to seek for to hope to gain desirous

Character by character

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

  • 乞求 qǐqiú
    • 乞求谅解 beg for understanding
    • 乞求饱腹 beg for enough to eat
  • 渴求 kěqiú
    • 渴求进步 crave progress
    • 渴求知识 thirst for knowledge

Telling them apart

企求 is a wish held inside, hoping to obtain something, with no one necessarily being asked. 乞求 means actively begging someone for something, including praying to deities, and can also be used for abstract things like 乞求原谅.

Other words read qǐqiú

In the same tone

qiqiu with other tones

Other words read qǐqiú

In the same tone

qiqiu with other tones

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