祈 (kei4) — pray to/for in Cantonese
keiˎ₄祈Mandarin Pinyin: qi2
Meaning of 祈
nounpray to/for
nounbeseech; beg; entreat; plead; implore
Example Sentences with 祈
千祈唔好講大話。
Don't ever tell lies.
niˉ¹呢diˉ¹啲saanˉ¹山louˍ₆路haiˍ₆係gam˗₃咁lakˉ¹𪙛kakˉ¹𠸉gaa˗₃㗎laa3,喇，cinˉ¹千keiˎ₄祈jiu˗₃要jungˍ₆用daiˉ¹低boˉ¹波haangˎ₄行aa˗₃呀。
You must engage low gears when you drive as these mountain roads are very uneven.
要成功就要一步一步嚟，千祈要切忌太急進
Take things one step at a time; avoid being rash and hasty if you want to succeed.
muiˏ₅每maanˏ₅晚lamˎ₄臨fan˗₃瞓cinˎ₄前，，我ngoˏ₅一jatˉ¹定dingˍ₆會wuiˏ₅祈keiˎ₄禱。
Everynight before I sleep, I must pray.
ngoˏ₅我wuiˏ₅會waiˍ₆為neiˏ₅你keiˎ₄祈touˊ²禱
I'd pray for you
Words Containing 祈
祈求kei4 kau4
to request; to seek after; to beseech
開會祈禱hoi1 wui2 kei4 tou2
invocation
千祈cin1 kei4
must; by all means (Mandarin equivalent: 千萬)
求祈kau4 kei4
careless; casually; sketchy; as long as; it would be okay whatsoever
祈請kei4 cing2
to beseech
祈使句kei4 sai2 geoi3
imperative sentence
祈願kei4 jyun6
wish
祈禱文kei4 tou2 man4
a prayer; prayers
祈禱kei4 tou2
prayer-related
祈福黨kei4 fuk1 dong2
blessing gangs - con artists who swindle money off superstitious people, promising them a spiritual blessing such as protection or wealth etc.
千祈唔好cin1 kei4 m4 hou2
don't ever; absolutely do not. | Mand.: 千萬別; 千萬不要
祈福kei4 fuk1
to pray for blessings
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