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cầu khẩn

Pronunciation Northern /kə̤w˨˩ xə̰n˧˩˧/ Central /kəw˧˧ kʰəŋ˧˩˨/ Southern /kəw˨˩ kʰəŋ˨˩˦/
Listen
to plead; to beg
Verb
to plead; to beg
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1 Verb
to plead; to beg Requests & InvitationsTheme

To earnestly request or plead with someone for help or for their forgiveness.

vi Anh ấy cầu khẩn sự tha thứ từ gia đình.

en He pleaded for forgiveness from his family.

Parts
cầu / khẩn / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 求懇 …

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 求懇

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
求懇
Candidates by syllable
cầu khẩn (墾)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
cầu xin / nài nỉ / khai khẩn / thành khẩn …
Use
nhu cầu / cầu nguyện / toàn cầu / cầu hôn …
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