Chinese symbol for “pray”
祈祷
qí dǎo
Traditional: 祈禱
to pray; to say a prayer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pray is 祈祷 (qí dǎo), defined as: to pray; to say a prayer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pray”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祷告 (禱告) | dǎo gào | to pray; prayer |
| 祈愿 (祈願) | qí yuàn | to pray; to pray for sth |
| 祝祷 (祝禱) | zhù dǎo | to pray |
| 祷祝 (禱祝) | dǎo zhù | to pray (for sth) |
| 做礼拜 (做禮拜) | zuò lǐ bài | to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 祈祷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祈求 | qí qiú | to pray for; to appeal |
| 祈福 | qí fú | to pray for blessings |
| 祈愿 (祈願) | qí yuàn | to pray; to pray for sth |
| 祈望 | qí wàng | to hope; to wish |
| 祈盼 | qí pàn | to earnestly hope for; to fervently wish for |
| 祷告 (禱告) | dǎo gào | to pray; prayer |
| 祝祷 (祝禱) | zhù dǎo | to pray |
| 祷文 (禱文) | dǎo wén | litany (text of a prayer) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pray”.
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.