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乞

Cantonese · source Jyutpinghat#

to beg
to request
to invite
to entreat
a beggar

Cantonese · source Jyutpinghei3#

to give

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乞

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

乞 qǐ CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto beg

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hat1 · hei3

Cantonese word readings for 乞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

to beg
to request
a surname

character

(obsolete or Eastern Min, Teochew) to give
(Eastern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) by
(Eastern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) to undergo (Used before a verb to indicate passive voice.)
(Teochew) to let; to allow

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