祈禱

See also: 祈祷

Chinese

		implore; pray; please	prayer; pray; supplication
trad. (祈禱)		祈	禱
simp. (祈祷)		祈	祷
anagram		禱祈／祷祈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qídǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kei⁴ tou²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): kei³ hau²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-tó
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kî-tó / ki-tó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ dao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qídǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cídǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-tao³
    • Yale: chí-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyidao
    • Palladius: цидао (cidao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ tou²
    • Yale: kèih tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: kei³ hau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei²² hau⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-tó
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˇ do^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² do³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ to³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-tó
    • Tâi-lô: kî-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'doir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² to⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ tɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² to⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² to⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-tó
    • Tâi-lô: ki-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'doir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ to⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki⁵ dao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî táu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tau⁵²/

Verb

祈禱

1. to pray

   向上帝祈禱／向上帝祈祷  ―  xiàng Shàngdì qídǎo  ―  to pray to God

   • 我老實同你講，佢噉做唔係同上帝祈緊禱，佢只係博你掌聲，呃你畀like。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我老实同你讲，佢噉做唔系同上帝祈紧祷，佢只系博你掌声，呃你畀like。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019, 梁柏堅, 《時勢好惡，做基督徒好難》, page 184 (part of a paraphrase of Matthew 6:5–8)

     ngo⁵ lou⁵ sat⁶ tung⁴ nei⁵ gong², keoi⁵ gam² zou⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ tung⁴ soeng⁶ dai³ kei⁴ gan² tou², keoi⁵ zi² hai⁶ bok³ nei⁵ zoeng² sing¹, ngaak¹ nei⁵ bei² lai¹. [Jyutping]

     Truly I tell you, doing that, they're not praying to God; they're just looking for your applause and attracting likes.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 祈禱 (“to pray (intransitive)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		祈禱, 禱告
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	祈禱, 禱告
	Singapore	祈禱, 禱告
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	禱告
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	дўвар
Cantonese	Guangzhou	祈禱
	Hong Kong	祈禱
Gan	Nanchang	禱告
Hakka	Meixian	禱告
Southern Min	Tainan	祈禱
	Penang (Hokkien)	祈禱
	Manila (Hokkien)	祈禱
	Shantou	禱告
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	祈公

Derived terms

• 祈禱文 / 祈祷文
• 祈禱書 / 祈祷书 (qídǎoshū)
• 祈禱會 / 祈祷会
• 祈禱毯 / 祈祷毯 (qídǎotǎn)
• 祈禱禮 / 祈祷礼

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祈	禱
き Grade: S	とう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 祈禱 – see the following entry.

【祈祷きとう】 [noun] prayer [verb] pray

(This term, 祈禱, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
祈	禱

Noun

祈禱 • (gido) (hangeul 기도)

1. hanja form^? of 기도 (“prayer”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
祈	禱

Verb

祈禱

1. chữ Hán form of kỳ đảo (“to pray”).