祈福

Chinese

		implore; pray; please	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
simp. and trad. (祈福)		祈	福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qífú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ fuk¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kî-hok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ hog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qífú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cífú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-fu²
    • Yale: chí-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyifwu
    • Palladius: цифу (cifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ fuk¹
    • Yale: kèih fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ fʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-hok
    • Tâi-lô: kî-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'hog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ hɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki⁵ hog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî hok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hok̚²/

Verb

祈福

1. to pray for blessings

Synonyms

• (literary, or in compounds) 祝 (zhù)