to implore

mouth (口) + sound (于) = to implore with your voice

于 primarily contributes the sound yù; the mouth radical 口 carries the meaning, grounding this character in urgent, spoken pleading. To implore is to cry out from the mouth in desperate appeal.

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请大家不要放弃希望。

tā yù qǐng dà jiā bú yào fàng qì xī wàng。

She implored everyone not to give up hope.

他一再求政府关注这个问题。

tā yī zài yù qiú zhèng fǔ guān zhù zhè ge wèn tí。

He repeatedly implored the government to pay attention to this issue.

Words with 吁

长吁短叹

cháng xū duǎn tàn

long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain

黑奴吁天录

hēi nú yù tiān lù

Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾

吁吁

xū xū

to pant

呼吁

hū yù

to call on (sb to do sth)

喘吁吁

chuǎn xū xū

to puff and blow

欷吁

xī xū

variant of 唏噓|唏嘘[xi1 xu1]

气吁吁

qì xū xū

to pant

气喘吁吁

qì chuǎn xū xū

to pant

吁请

yù qǐng

to implore

More characters with 口