请 qǐng

ask, request; invite; please

HSK 1 #421

DEFINITIONS

  • ask, request
  • invite
  • please
  • to ask
  • to invite
  • please (do sth)
  • to treat (to a meal etc)
  • to request

STROKES

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WORDS

请君入瓮 qǐng jūn rù wèng lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom); fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
请多关照 qǐng duō guān zhào please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting)
请将不如激将 qǐng jiàng bù rú jī jiàng lit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general; fig. inciting people to action is more effective than dispatching orders
请您回复 qǐng nín huí fù repondez s'il vous plait; R.S.V.P.; please reply
请援 qǐng yuán to request help; to appeal (for assistance)
请求宽恕 qǐng qiú kuān shù to sue for mercy; to ask for forgiveness; begging for magnanimity
请看 qǐng kàn please see ...; vide
请神容易送神难 qǐng shén róng yì sòng shén nán it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
请罪 qǐng zuì to apologize humbly; to beg forgiveness
请辞 qǐng cí to ask sb to resign from a post
请进 qǐng jìn "please come in"
请领 qǐng lǐng to apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
高薪聘请 gāo xīn pìn qǐng to hire at a high salary
请勿 qǐng wù please do not; refrain from
请来 qǐng lái invite over; request to come
请贴 qǐng tiē invitation card; a card or notice inviting someone to an event or gathering
请系 qǐng xì please fasten
邀请信 yāo qǐng xìn invitation letter; a letter inviting someone to an event or activity
请个 qǐng gè to invite/ask for one (typically used before a noun to indicate a singular item)
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