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禱

dǎo

pray; entreat, beg, plead; prayer

Strokes
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Radical
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Tone
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Simplified form: 祷

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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 祷, the simplified form of 禱. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我们一起祈祷这样的事别再发生了

    Wǒ men yī qǐ qí dǎo zhè yàng de shì bié zài fā shēng le

    Let's just pray it never happens again.

  • 让我们祈祷他学得很快吧。

    Ràng wǒ men qí dǎo tā xué de hěn kuài ba

    Let's pray he turns out to be a fast learner.

  • 我正在我的房间里祈祷。

    Wǒ zhèng zài wǒ de fáng jiān lǐ qí dǎo

    I am praying in my room.

  • 大家来一起祈祷吧。

    Dà jiā lái yī qǐ qí dǎo ba

    Let's all pray together.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 祷

  • 祈祷qí dǎo 2–3 to pray; to say one's prayers; prayer