祈祷 meaning in English

qídǎo

to pray; to say a prayer

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 祈禱19 strokes

Meaning of 祈祷

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qídǎo
  1. to pray; to say a prayer

祈祷 in example sentences

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

思sī念niàn和hé祈qí祷dǎo。
Thoughts and prayers.
让ràng我wǒ们men祈qí祷dǎo他tā学xué得de很hěn快kuài吧ba。
Let's pray he turns out to be a fast learner.
我wǒ在zài祈qí祷dǎo。
I'm praying.
我wǒ们men祈qí祷dǎo孩hái子zi们men会huì原yuán谅liàng我wǒ们men。
We prayed that our children would forgive us.
我wǒ正zhèng在zài我wǒ的de房fáng间jiān里lǐ祈qí祷dǎo。
I am praying in my room.

Stroke order for each character

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

祈 qí · to pray · 8 strokes

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祷 dǎo · to pray · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 祈祷.

祷告dǎogàoto pray; prayer
祈求qíqiúto pray for; to appeal
祈福qífúto pray for blessings
祈愿qíyuànto pray; to pray for sth

Questions about 祈祷

What does 祈祷 mean?

祈祷 (qídǎo) means "to pray; to say a prayer" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 祈祷?

祈祷 is made of 2 characters: 祈 (8 strokes), 祷 (11 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 祈祷 an HSK word?

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

How is 祈祷 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 祈祷 is written 祈禱.