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求 (kau4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

求 (kau4, qiú) — to beg; to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech; to pray

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 求仁得仁 (kau4 jan4 dak1 jan4) — a dream come true; wish granted
• 求偶 (kau4 ngau5) — courtship
• 求先 (kau4 sin1) — just now
• 求全 (kau4 cyun4) — (verb) to demand; seek for a perfection;
• 求其 (kau4 kei4) — (adverb) sloppily; shoddily; slackly; randomly; casually; anyhow; haphazardly (…
• 求實 (kau4 sat6) — to be practical-minded; to be realistic; to have a matter-of-fact attitude

Chengyu with this character

• 刻舟求劍 — To apply a fixed rule to a situation that has already moved on. Used when someone follows the letter of an old method after its conditions have vanished.

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