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Jyutping joeng1 kau4
Pinyin yāng qiú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to implore
  2. to plead
  3. to ask earnestly
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、書面語
    誠懇​咁​請​求人​;​乞求
    to beg; to ask candidly
    • 再三央求
      再三央求
      zoi3 saam1 joeng1 kau4
      to repeatedly beg
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to implore; to plead; to beg
    (syn.) 乞丐, 要求, 請求, 请求, 煩請, 央告, 祈祝, 哀求, 求, 乞憐, 恳请, 祝禱, 沽情, 祝祷, 恳求, 懇請, 請, 烦请, 乞求, 凭, 哀告, 请, 憑, 懇求, 乞怜, 祈求
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    她央求着让他留下来。
    她央求着讓他留下來。
    tā yāng qiú zhe ràng tā liú xià lái 。
    • She begged him to stay.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    央求
    央求
    joeng1 kau4
    • to plead
  2. Cantonese
    再三央求
    再三央求
    zoi3 saam1 joeng1 kau4
    • to repeatedly beg