求 qiú
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verb
to request
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Language 语言
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). -
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). -
verb
to implore
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education 教育
Notes: In the sense of 恳讬 (Guoyu '求' v 2) -
verb
to aspire to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '求' 1b) -
adjective
to be avaricious / to be greedy / to covet
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Morality 道德
Notes: In this sense 求 is similar in meaning to 贪婪 (FE '求' 4; Guoyu '求' v 4) -
verb
to attract
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 招引 (Guoyu '求' v 5) -
verb
to bribe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 求 is similar in meaning to 赇. -
proper noun
Qiu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD '求' 5; GHDC '求' 5; Guoyu '求' n) -
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) -
verb
to end
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC '求' 4)
Contained in
- 求那跋陀罗(求那跋陀羅) Guṇabhadra / Gunabhadra
- 祈求 to pray / to appeal ; Pray
- 求不得苦 Not Getting What One Wants / suffering due to not getting what we want
- 求那跋摩 Guṇaśāla
- 求那毘地 Guṇavṛddhi / Gunavrddhi
- 求法 to seek the Dharma
- 求道 to seek the Dharma ; Seeking the Way
- 天竺三藏求那跋陀罗(天竺三藏求那跋陀羅) Guṇabhadra / Gunabhadra
- 求欲经(求欲經) Qiu Yu Jing / Anaṅgaṇasutta
- 大唐西域求法高僧传(大唐西域求法高僧傳) The Great Tang Biographies of Eminent Monks who Sought the Dharma in the Western Regions / Buddhist Pilgrim Monks of Tang Dynasty ; Buddhist Pilgrim Monks of Tang Dynasty
- 諸菩萨求佛本业经(諸菩薩求佛本業經) Zhu Pusa Qiu Fo Ben Ye Jing
- 虚空藏菩萨能满诸愿最胜心陀罗尼求闻持法(虛空藏菩薩能滿諸願最勝心陀羅尼求聞持法) Xukong Zang Pusa Neng Man Zhu Yuan Zui Sheng Xin Tuoluoni Qiu Wen Chi Fa
- 普遍光明清净炽盛如意宝印心无能胜大明王大随求陀罗尼经(普遍光明清淨熾盛如意寶印心無能勝大明王大隨求陀羅尼經) Mahāpratisarādhāraṇīsūtra / Pubian Guangming Qing Jing Chisheng Ruyi Bao Yin Xin Wu Neng Sheng Da Ming Wang Da Sui Qiu Tuoluoni Jing
Also contained in
毛里求斯卢比 、 要求 、 实事求是 、 需求 、 追求 、 请求 、 力求 、 供求 、 求同存异 、 央求 、 征求 、 请求调页 、 哀求 、 供不应求 、 精益求精 、 恳求 、 谋求 、 乞求 、 求得 、 寻求 、 刻舟求剑 、 苛求 、 求助 、 争求 、 求名求利 、 营求 、 奢求 、 妄求 、 贪求 、 希求 、 求证 、 求和 、 急于求成 、 求觅 、 要求相 、 求全责备 、 推求 、 访求
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 142 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 291
- Scroll 137 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 274
- Scroll 143 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 265
- Scroll 144 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 257
- Scroll 141 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 256
- Scroll 138 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 256
- Scroll 136 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 256
- Scroll 139 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 249
- Scroll 140 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 249
- Scroll 145 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 215
Collocations
- 求度世 (求度世) 當求度世解脫之道 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 21 — count: 27
- 求火 (求火) 小兒吹灰求火 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 7 — count: 6
- 求有利 (求有利) 因求有利 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 9 — count: 5
- 求出家 (求出家) 而求出家 — Sutra of the Seven Buddhas 《七佛經》, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 求方便 (求方便) 當為求方便 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 《佛般泥洹經》, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 求胜 (求勝) 復求勝者 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 5 — count: 4
- 求作 (求作) 求作沙門 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 《般泥洹經》, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 求利养 (求利養) 以求利養 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 13 — count: 4
- 求利 (求利) 以利求利 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 13 — count: 4
- 求安隐 (求安隐) 求安隱處 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 12 — count: 3