求 qiú

1. qiú 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).
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 教育
   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 , Subdomain: Morality 道德
   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 名字 , 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)

Contained in

• 祈求 to pray / to appeal ; Pray
• 求不得苦 Not Getting What One Wants / suffering due to not getting what we want
• 求法 to seek the Dharma
• 求道 to seek the Dharma ; Seeking the Way
• 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
• 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
• 佛说随求即得大自在陀罗尼神呪经(佛說隨求即得大自在陀羅尼神呪經) Mahāpratisarādhāraṇīsūtra / Fo Shuo Sui Qiu Ji De Da Zizai Tuoluoni Shen Zhou Jing
• 随求即得大自在陀罗尼神呪经(隨求即得大自在陀羅尼神呪經) Mahāpratisarādhāraṇīsūtra / Sui Qiu Ji De Da Zizai Tuoluoni Shen Zhou Jing
• 金刚顶瑜伽最胜秘密成佛随求即得神变加持成就陀罗尼仪轨(金剛頂瑜伽最勝祕密成佛隨求即得神變加持成就陀羅尼儀軌) Jingang Ding Yujia Zui Sheng Mimi Cheng Fo Sui Qiu Ji De Shenbian Jia Chi Chengjiu Tuoluoni Yi Gui
• 大随求即得大陀罗尼明王忏悔法(大隨求即得大陀羅尼明王懺悔法) Da Sui Qiu Ji De Da Tuoluoni Ming Wang Chanhui Fa
• 消除一切闪电障难随求如意陀罗尼经(消除一切閃電障難隨求如意陀羅尼經) Xiaochu Yiqie Shandian Zhang Nan Sui Qiu Ruyi Tuoluoni Jing

Also contained in

要求 、 实事求是 、 需求 、 追求 、 请求 、 力求 、 供求 、 求同存异 、 央求 、 不厌求详 、 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

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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 138 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 256
• Scroll 141 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
• 何所求 (何所求) 當於何所求水滅之 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 4 — count: 5
• 求火 (求火) 小兒吹灰求火 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 7 — count: 5
• 求出家 (求出家) 而求出家 — Sutra of the Seven Buddhas 《七佛經》, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 求有利 (求有利) 因求有利 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 9 — count: 5
• 求利 (求利) 以利求利 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 13 — 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
• 求方便 (求方便) 當為求方便 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 《佛般泥洹經》, Scroll 2 — count: 4
• 求安隐 (求安隐) 求安隱處 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 12 — count: 3