| 求 | qiú | to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech |
| 求证 | qiú zhèng | to seek proof; to seek confirmation |
| 求和 | qiú hé | to sue for peace; to look for a draw (chess); summation (math) |
| 求生 | qiú shēng | to seek survival; to possess the will to live |
| 求学 | qiú xué | to study; to seek knowledge; to attend college; at school; learning; education |
| 求援 | qiú yuán | to ask for help |
| 求教 | qiú jiào | to ask for advice; seeking instruction |
| 求知 | qiú zhī | anxious to learn; keen for knowledge |
| 求救 | qiú jiù | to cry for help |
| 求人 | qiú rén | to ask for help; to ask a favor; to recruit talented people |
| 求婚 | qiú hūn | propose marriage |
| 求情 | qiú qíng | to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor |
| 求得 | qiú dé | to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain |
| 求之不得 | qiú zhī bù dé | lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for |
| 求乞 | qiú qǐ | to beg |
| 求助 | qiú zhù | to request help; to appeal (for help) |
| 求助于人 | qiú zhù yú rén | to call upon others for help |
| 求取 | qiú qǔ | to seek after; to strive for |
| 求同 | qiú tóng | to seek consensus; to seek conformity |
| 求同存异 | qiú tóng cún yì | to seek common ground while holding back differences (idiom); to agree to differ |
| 求存 | qiú cún | survival; the struggle to eke out a living; to seek for continued existence |
| 求学无坦途 | qiú xué wú tǎn tú | the path of learning can never be smooth.; There is no royal road to learning (idiom) |
| 求情告饶 | qiú qíng gào ráo | to beg for forgiveness (idiom) |
| 求爱 | qiú ài | to woo |
| 求怜经 | qiú lián jīng | Kyrie Eleison (section of Catholic mass); Miserere nobis; Lord have mercy upon us |
| 求是 | qiú shì | to seek the truth |
| 求死愿望 | qiú sǐ yuàn wàng | death wish (translated from English); Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson is translated as 猛龙怪客 |
| 求生意志 | qiú shēng yì zhì | the will to live |
| 求知欲 | qiú zhī yù | desire for knowledge |
| 求索 | qiú suǒ | to search for sth; to seek; to quest; to explore |
| 求职 | qiú zhí | seek employment |
| 求职信 | qiú zhí xìn | cover letter; job application |
| 求职者 | qiú zhí zhě | job applicant |
| 求解 | qiú jiě | to require a solution; to seek to solve (an equation) |
| 求饶 | qiú ráo | to beg forgiveness |
