祈
qí HSK7

pray

祈 qí
pray verb
to pray to a deity or higher power for blessings or help

人们站在神像前焚香祭拜，祈上天保佑全家老小平安。

rén​men zhàn zài shén​xiàng qián fén​xiāng jì​bài, qí shàng​tiān bǎo​yòu quán​jiā lǎo​xiǎo píng'ān.

People stood before the statue of the deity burning incense and worshiping, praying for Heaven to keep the whole family safe.

implore verb
to earnestly request or ask for something, often used in formal or polite contexts

倘有不当之处，祈请见谅。

tǎng yǒu bù​dàng zhī chù, qí qǐng jiàn​liàng.

If there is anything inappropriate, please forgive me.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,443rd most common 20.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,422nd most common 49.0 per million appears in 20% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.10 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
6.76 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+7948

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