Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

beg

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “qi” becomes a different word in each tone. 乞 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 乞丐qǐ gàibeggar
  • 乞讨qǐ tǎoto beg; to go begging
  • 乞求qǐ qiúto beg
  • 乞人qǐ rénbeggar
  • 乞和qǐ héto sue for peace

Example Sentence

在故事里,那个乞丐后来变成了富翁。Zài gù shi lǐ, nà ge qǐ gài hòu lái biàn chéng le fù wēng.In the story, the beggar later became a rich man.

Zàiat故事gù shiold practiceinside那个nà gethat one乞丐qǐ gàibeggar后来hòu láiafterwards变成biàn chéngto change intole(completed action)富翁fù wēngrich person