Meaning
to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal; etc); to request
Chinese: 请求、邀请，也作礼貌用语。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “qing” becomes a different word in each tone. 请 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 请问qǐng wènExcuse me, may I ask...?
- 请假qǐng jiàto request leave of absence
- 请进qǐng jìn"please come in"
- 请坐qǐng zuòplease, have a seat
- 请求qǐng qiúto request; to ask; request (
Example Sentence
我想请你吃晚饭。Wǒ xiǎng qǐng nǐ chī wǎn fàn.I would like to invite you to dinner.
我WǒI想xiǎngto think (about)请qǐngto ask你nǐyou吃chīto eat晚饭wǎn fànevening meal。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The speech radical 讠 (meaning) plus 青 (qīng, sound): to address someone politely — ‘to request / please’. Simplified from 請.
A way to remember it
Speech (讠) + the sound 青 — to ask politely.
Easy to confuse with
- 情‘Feeling’: the same 青 sound, but with the heart radical 忄.