乞丐 meaning in English

qǐgài

beggar

HSK 7-9noun7 strokes

Meaning of 乞丐

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qǐgài
  1. beggar

乞丐 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā很hěn富fù有yǒu,但dàn活huó得de像xiàng个gè乞qǐ丐gài。
He is rich yet he lives like a beggar.
这zhè名míng乞qǐ丐gài在zài收shōu集jí干gàn面miàn包bāo。
The beggar is collecting stale bread.
街jiē上shàng的de乞qǐ丐gài问wèn:“你nǐ还hái有yǒu多duō余yú的de钱qián吗ma?”
The beggar on the street asks: "Do you have any extra euros?"
我wǒ把bǎ身shēn上shàng的de钱qián全quán都dōu给gěi了le那nà个ge乞qǐ丐gài。
I gave the beggar what money I had.
我wǒ不bú是shì乞qǐ丐gài。
I'm not a beggar.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

乞 qǐ · to beg · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

丐 gài · beggar · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 乞丐.

乞求qǐqiúto beg
乞讨qǐtǎoto beg; to go begging

Questions about 乞丐

What does 乞丐 mean?

乞丐 (qǐgài) means "beggar" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 乞丐?

乞丐 is made of 2 characters: 乞 (3 strokes), 丐 (4 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 乞丐 an HSK word?

Yes. 乞丐 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.