央及

yāngjí

verb

Meanings

1 to entreat
2 to beg
3 to plead with
4 to involve (drag into trouble)

Characters

to entreat; center

to reach; extend to

Examples

HSK 7-9

他央及朋友帮他说情。

Tā yāngjí péngyou bāng tā shuōqíng.

He pleaded with his friend to put in a good word for him.

HSK 7-9

这件事不要央及无辜的人。

Zhè jiàn shì búyào yāngjí wúgū de rén.

Don't drag innocent people into this matter.

Tips

register

Literary/old-fashioned; common in Ming-Qing fiction (《红楼梦》, 《水浒传》) but rare in modern speech. The 'beg' sense is far more frequent than the 'involve / drag in' sense, where 央 acts as a phonetic loan for 殃 'misfortune'.

Stroke Order

央 yāng

及 jí