nguyện cầu
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋwiə̰ʔn˨˩ kə̤w˨˩/
Central
/ŋwiə̰ŋ˨˨ kəw˧˧/
Southern
/ŋwiəŋ˨˩˨ kəw˨˩/
Listen
to pray
Verb
to pray
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to pray Culture, Arts & Proper Names
To offer a prayer or religious plea.
Parts
nguyện / cầu / 愿求
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Parts
nguyện / cầu / 愿求
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
愿求
Candidates by syllable
nguyện
愿（願）
cầu
求
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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nguyện vọng / nguyện ước / nguyện
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nguyện vọng / nguyện ước / nguyện
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cầu nguyện / tâm nguyện / ý nguyện / sở nguyện …