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祷

dǎo

Character Traditional 禱

What 祷 means

1. prayer
2. pray
3. supplication

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.
• 我要祷告了。
  I'm going to pray.
• 我会给他祈祷的。
  I'll pray for him.

Words starting with 祷

• 祷告dǎo gàoto pray; prayer
• 祷念dǎo niànto pray; to say one's prayers
• 祷文dǎo wénlitany (text of a prayer)
• 祷祝dǎo zhùto pray (for sth)
• 祷词dǎo cílitany (text of a prayer)

Words containing 祷

• 祈祷qí dǎoto pray; to say a prayer
• 代祷dài dǎoto pray on behalf of sb
• 晚祷wǎn dǎoevening prayer; evensong; vespers
• 祝祷zhù dǎoto pray
• 默祷mò dǎosilent prayer; pray in silence
• 主祷文zhǔ dǎo wénLord's Prayer
• 做祷告zuò dǎo gàoto pray
• 晨祷chén dǎo(Anglican) matins; (Catholic) lauds
• 启应祈祷qǐ yìng qí dǎoIntroitus (section of Catholic mass)
• 闭会祈祷bì huì qí dǎobenediction
• 跪祷guì dǎoto kneel in prayer

Characters built on 寿

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

• 涛tāobig wave; Taiwan pr. táo
• 焘dàocover over; to envelope
• 梼táodunce; blockhead

Characters that look like 祷

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

• 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
• 裤kùunderpants; trousers; pants
• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 揍zòuto hit; to beat (sb); (colloquial) to smash (sth)
• 揣chuāito put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. chuǎi
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt

Sounds the same

Read dǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 倒to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 导to transmit; to lead; to guide
• 岛island
• 蹈to tread on; to trample; to stamp
• 捣to pound; to beat; to hull
• 壔column; cylinder
• 擣stir; to pound
• 禂to pray; prayer
• 嶋variant of 岛; used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or…
• 嶌variant of 岛; used in Japanese names with reading -shima or -jima