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请

qǐng

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character Traditional 請

请 (qǐng) means "to ask". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 请 means

1. to ask
2. to invite
3. please (do sth)
4. to treat (to a meal etc)
5. to request

How 请 is used in grammar

请 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Pivot Sentences: 叫/让/请+someone+V (HSK 3)
• Serial Verb & Pivotal Constructions (HSK 5)

Example sentences

• 请。
  Please.
• 请！
  Please!
• 请进。
  Do come in, please.
• 请坐。
  Sit down, please.
• 请进！
  Come in.
• 请坐！
  Please sit down!

Words starting with 请

• 请客qǐng kèto give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner
• 请假qǐng jiàto request leave of absence
• 请求qǐng qiúto request; to ask; request
• 请教qǐng jiàoto ask for guidance; to consult
• 请示qǐng shìto ask for instructions
• 请柬qǐng jiǎninvitation card; written invitation
• 请帖qǐng tiěinvitation card; written invitation
• 请问qǐng wènExcuse me, may I ask...?
• 请看qǐng kànplease see ...; vide
• 请勿qǐng wùplease don't
• 请进qǐng jìn"please come in"
• 请愿qǐng yuànto petition
• 请坐qǐng zuòplease, have a seat
• 请安qǐng ānto pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation…
• 请调qǐng diàoto request a transfer
• 请领qǐng lǐngto apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
• 请款qǐng kuǎnto request payment (or reimbursement); to invoice
• 请战qǐng zhànto request to be sent into battle; (by extension) to volunteer for a dangerous or arduous…
• 请便qǐng biànPlease do as you wish!; You are welcome to do whatever you like!…
• 请多关照qǐng duō guān zhàoplease treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting)
• 请罪qǐng zuìto apologize humbly; to beg forgiveness
• 请援qǐng yuánto request help; to appeal (for assistance)
• 请功qǐng gōngto request recognition for sb's merits; to recommend sb for promotion or an award
• 请愿书qǐng yuàn shūpetition

Words containing 请

• 申请shēn qǐngto apply for sth; application form
• 邀请yāo qǐngto invite; invitation
• 申请人shēn qǐng rénapplicant
• 聘请pìn qǐngto engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)
• 申请表shēn qǐng biǎoapplication form
• 敬请jìng qǐngplease (do sth) (deferential form)
• 申请书shēn qǐng shūapplication; application form; petition (to higher authorities)
• 宴请yàn qǐngto entertain (for dinner); to invite to dinner
• 邀请函yāo qǐng háninvitation letter
• 恳请kěn qǐngto request earnestly
• 提请tí qǐngto propose
• 邀请赛yāo qǐng sàiinvitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)
• 务请wù qǐngplease (formal)
• 有请yǒu qǐngto request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in…
• 约请yuē qǐngto invite; to issue an invitation
• 报请bào qǐngto report, requesting approval; written request for instructions
• 不请自来bù qǐng zì láito turn up without being invited; unsolicited
• 不情之请bù qíng zhī qǐng(idiom) (humble expression) my presumptuous request
• 回请huí qǐngto return an invitation
• 促请cù qǐngto urge
• 声请shēng qǐngto make a formal request; formal request; to make a claim (law)
• 另请高明lìng qǐng gāo míngplease find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
• 咨请zī qǐngto formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文
• 吃请chī qǐngto be a guest at a dinner party; to be wined and dined (as a bribe)

Characters built on 青

These share the phonetic component 青 (qīng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet
• 睛jīngeye; eyeball
• 晴qíngclear; fine (weather)
• 婧jìng(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 靖jìng(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress

Characters that look like 请

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 语yǔdialect; language; speech
• 诱yòu(literary) to induce; to entice
• 谐xié(bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
• 谚yànproverb

Sounds the same

Read qǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顷unit of area equal to 100 亩; a short while; a little while ago
• 苘Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti); Indian hemp (cannabis)
• 庼room; small hall

Where 请 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Greetings and Social Phrases (HSK 1), HSK 1 Characters · Set 14 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.