qiú

  1. qiú verb to request
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 求 is similar in meaning to 请求 (ABCE '求'; CCD '求' 1; FE '求' 1; GHDC '求' 2; HSK '求' 1).
  2. qiú verb to seek; to look for
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 求 is similar in meaning to 追求. For example, For example, 实事求是 'to seek truth from facts' (ABCE '求'; CCD '求' 3; CCI '实事求是'; FE '求' 2; Guoyu '求' v 1; Kroll 2015 '求' 1; HSK '求' 2).
  3. qiú verb to implore
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education
    Notes: In the sense of 恳讬 (Guoyu '求' v 2)
  4. qiú verb to aspire to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '求' 1b)
  5. qiú adjective to be avaricious; to be greedy; to covet
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 求 is similar in meaning to 贪婪 (FE '求' 4; Guoyu '求' v 4)
  6. qiú verb to attract
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 招引 (Guoyu '求' v 5)
  7. qiú verb to bribe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 求 is similar in meaning to 赇.
  8. qiú proper noun Qiu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '求' 5; GHDC '求' 5; Guoyu '求' n)
  9. qiú verb to demand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 要求; for example, the idiom 求全责备 'to demand perfection' (CCD '求' 4; FE '求' 2; GHDC '求' 3; Guoyu '求' v 3; Kroll 2015 '求' 2)
  10. qiú verb to end
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHDC '求' 4)

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