| qí | implore/pray/please |
| 祈 | to implore to pray to request |
| 祈仙台 | memorial altar platform for praying to immortals |
| 祈使句 | imperative sentence |
| 祈使语 | mand |
| 祈使语气 | imperative |
| 祈愿 | keep one's fingers crossed; supplication; prayer; optative; invocation |
| 祈望 | wish |
| 祈求 | to pray for to appeal |
| 祈祷 | to pray to say one's prayers prayer |
| 祈福 | to pray for blessings |
| 祈福禳灾 | to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions) |
| 祈雨 | pray for rain |