Chinese symbol for “beggar”
乞丐
qǐ gài
beggar
The closest CC-CEDICT match for beggar is 乞丐 (qǐ gài), defined as: beggar.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “beggar”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花子 | huā zi | beggar (old term) |
| 乞儿 (乞兒) | qǐ ér | beggar |
| 化子 | huā zi | beggar (old term); same as 花子 |
| 叫花子 | jiào huā zi | beggar |
| 乞人 | qǐ rén | beggar |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乞丐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乞讨 (乞討) | qǐ tǎo | to beg; to go begging |
| 乞求 | qǐ qiú | to beg |
| 乞儿 (乞兒) | qǐ ér | beggar |
| 乞食 | qǐ shí | to beg for food |
| 行乞 | xíng qǐ | to beg; to ask for alms |
| 丐帮 (丐幫) | gài bāng | beggars' union; a group of beggars |
| 丐版 | gài bǎn | (slang) basic version (of a product) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “beggar”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.