祈 祷

qídǎo

verbHSK 7-9

“To pray” in Chinese is 祈祷 (qídǎo).

Meaning

to pray; to say a prayer

Example

我会给他祈祷的。

I'll pray for him.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

qíHSK 7-98 strokesto implore dǎoHSK 7-911 strokesprayer

More HSK 7-9 words

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Not to be confused with: 起到 (qǐdào, (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role))