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祈

qí

Character

What 祈 means

1. to implore
2. to pray
3. to request

Example sentences

• 我在祈祷。
  I am praying.
• 思念和祈祷。
  Thoughts and prayers.
• 思念又祈祷。
  Thoughts and prayers.
• 思念并祈祷。
  Thoughts and prayers.
• 我会给他祈祷的。
  I'll pray for him.
• 让我们祈盼她会来。
  Ràng wǒmen qí pàn tā huì lái.
  Let's hope she comes.

Words starting with 祈

• 祈祷qí dǎoto pray; to say a prayer
• 祈求qí qiúto pray for; to appeal
• 祈福qí fúto pray for blessings
• 祈望qí wàngto hope; to wish; hope
• 祈愿qí yuànto pray; to pray for sth; to wish sth
• 祈使句qí shǐ jùimperative sentence
• 祈仙台qí xiān táimemorial altar; platform for praying to immortals
• 祈盼qí pànto earnestly hope for; to fervently wish for
• 祈福禳灾qí fú ráng zāito pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions)

Words containing 祈

• 启应祈祷qǐ yìng qí dǎoIntroitus (section of Catholic mass)
• 闭会祈祷bì huì qí dǎobenediction

Characters built on 斤

These share the phonetic component 斤 (jīn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 析xīto separate; to divide; to analyze
• 斥chìto blame; to reprove; to reprimand
• 沂YíYi River, Shandong
• 颀qítall
• 圻qíboundary; a border
• 蕲qí(herb); implore; pray

Characters that look like 祈

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability
• 析xīto separate; to divide; to analyze
• 拍pāito pat; to clap; to slap
• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap
• 刺cìthorn; sting; thrust
• 斩zhǎnto behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop

Sounds the same

Read qí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 其his; her; its
• 奇strange; odd; weird
• 骑to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 齐neat; even; level with
• 棋chess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 歧divergent; side road
• 旗flag; variant of 旗
• 琪(literary) fine jade
• 祺(literary) good luck; good fortune…
• 崎mountainous
• 琦(literary) fine jade
• 淇name of a river