| 乞 | 1346C30 92.63 | 部居  | 畫數 3 | ㄑㄧˇ [qi3] (*ㄑㄧˋ [qi4] ). | ||
| N | A beggar: 乞丐，乞兒 [qi3gai4], [qi3er2]↓. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To beg (for good, favor, pity, etc.); 乞食 beg for food; 乞借 beg to borrow; 乞求 to beg humbly; in letters, used like Eng. “beg”; 乞懇，乞請 I beg you to; 乞休 beg to resign; 乞身，乞骸骨 (ministers) beg for resignation (so as to be buried in native home); 乞假 request for leave; 乞師 beg for reinforcements or troops from ally; 乞救 ask for help; 乞和 sue for peace; 乞命 beg for life. 乞免 beg to be excused. (2) (*[qi4]) 以墅乞汝 (AC) give you a villa. | |||||
| Words | 1. 乞巧 [qi2qiao3], n., the seventh day of seventh lunar month (see 七 夕 70.70) when young girls offer fruit in courtyard and beg for meeting right man. 2. 乞貸 [qi3dai4], v.i. & t., to beg and borrow. 3. 乞兒 [qi3er2], n., a beggar. 4. 乞丐 [qi3gai4], (1) n., a beggar; (2) v.t., to beg. 5. 乞活 [qi3huo2], v.i., to wander about in search of a living. 6. 乞假 [qi3jia4], v.i., (1) to ask for leave; (2) see [qi3dai4]↑. 7. 乞鄰 [qi3lin2], v.i., (LL allu.) to beg from neighbor. 8. 乞靈 [qi3ling2], v.i., to beg for help from others (implying person himself is helpless). 9. 乞盟 [qi3meng2], v.i., (1) ask for peace treaty; (2) take oath with blood at such treaty conference. 10. 乞頭 [qi3tou2], n., commission for owner of gambling house. 11. 乞養子 [qi3yang2zi3], n., adopted son. | |||||