to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
乞哀告怜乞哀告憐qi3 ai1 gao4 lian2
begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
乞贷乞貸qi3 dai4
to beg for a loan
乞儿乞兒qi3 er2
beggar
乞伏乞伏qi3 fu2
tribe of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people
乞丐乞丐qi3 gai4
beggar
乞和乞和qi3 he2
to sue for peace
乞力马扎罗山乞力馬扎羅山qi3 li4 ma3 zha1 luo2 shan1
Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
乞怜乞憐qi3 lian2
to beg for pity
乞求乞求qi3 qiu2
to beg
乞人乞人qi3 ren2
beggar
乞食乞食qi3 shi2
to beg for food
乞恕乞恕qi3 shu4
to beg forgiveness
乞讨乞討qi3 tao3
to beg; to go begging
乞休乞休qi3 xiu1
to request permission to resign from an official position (old)