"to beg" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 恳求 懇求 | to beg / to beseech / to entreat / entreaty | syn | |
| 乞求 | to beg | syn | |
| 伸手 | to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle | syn | |
| 乞讨 乞討 | to beg / to go begging | syn | |
| 要饭 要飯 | to beg (for food or money) | syn | |
| 行乞 | to beg / to ask for alms | syn | |
| 讨饭 討飯 | to ask for food / to beg | syn | |
| 化缘 化緣 | (of a monk) to beg | syn | |
| 央 | center / end / to beg / to plead | syn | |
| 乞 | to beg | syn | |
| 求乞 | to beg | ||
| 央及 | to ask / to plead / to beg / to involve |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry / excuse me / I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down / to disappoint | syn | |
| 求饶 求饒 | to beg forgiveness | syn | |
| 乞怜 乞憐 | to beg for pity | syn | |
| 乞食 | to beg for food | syn | |
| 讨饶 討饒 | to beg for mercy / to ask for forgiveness | syn | |
| 告饶 告饒 | to beg for mercy | syn | |
| 请罪 請罪 | to apologize humbly / to beg forgiveness | syn | |
| 吹箫 吹簫 | to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob | ||
| 不敢苟同 | to beg to differ (idiom) | syn | |
| 哀告 | to beg piteously / to supplicate | syn | |
| 打躬作揖 | to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly | syn | |
| 吴市吹箫 吳市吹簫 | to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician | ||
| 吹箫乞食 吹簫乞食 | to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician | ||
| 打拱作揖 | to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly | ||
| 乞恕 | to beg forgiveness | ||
| 劝化 勸化 | to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism) / to beg for alms | ||
| 化斋 化齋 | to beg for food (of monks) | ||
| 尚飨 尚饗 | I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address) | ||
| 打斋 打齋 | to beg for (vegetarian) food | ||
| 求情告饶 求情告饒 | to beg for forgiveness (idiom) | ||
| 讨吃 討吃 | to beg for food | ||
| 讨扰 討擾 | I beg to disturb you / I trespass on your hospitality / Thank you for your hospitality! | ||
| 讨米 討米 | to beg for food | ||
| 跪地求饶 跪地求饒 | to kneel and beg forgiveness | ||
| 募缘 募緣 | (of a monk) to beg for food | ||
| 乞贷 乞貸 | to beg for a loan | ||
| 求爷爷告奶奶 求爺爺告奶奶 | lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom) / fig. to go about begging for help |