求
qiú HSK2

seek

求 qiú
request verb
to request, beg, or beseech someone for help

我求你帮我一个忙。

wǒ qiú nǐ bāng wǒ yī gè máng.

I'm asking you to do me a favor.

seek verb
to seek, look for, or strive for something

他在努力求得家人的谅解，希望双方能重归于好。

tā zài nǔ​lì qiú de jiā​rén de liàng​jiě, xī​wàng shuāng​fāng néng chóng guī​yú hǎo.

He is working hard to earn his family's forgiveness, hoping that they can reconcile.

requirement noun
a thing that is requested or demanded; a requirement or standard.

老师对我们的作业质量提出了很高的要求。

lǎo​shī duì wǒ​men de zuò​yè zhì​liàng tí​chū le hěn gāo de yāo qiú.

The teacher has set high standards for the quality of our homework.

demand idiom
to demand or require as a necessity

这种商品目前供不应求。

zhè zhǒng shāng​pǐn mù​qián gōng​bù​yìng​qiú.

This product is currently in short supply.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
312th most common 714.3 per million
Movie subtitles
321st most common 486.2 per million appears in 85% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
325.0 per million appears in 56% of films
Written text
186.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6C42

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)