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请假

qǐng jià

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 請假

请假 (qǐng jià) means "to request leave of absence". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 请假 means

1. to request leave of absence

The characters in 请假

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 假jiǎfake; false; artificial

Example sentences

• 他刚请假走了。
  Tā gāng qǐngjià zǒu le.
  He's just gone on leave.
• 我下周必须请假。
  I have to be absent from school next week.
• 俊杰今天请假，好像去考公职。
  Chun-chieh took the day off. I think he's taking the civil service exam.

Words starting with 请假

• 请假条qǐng jià tiáoleave of absence request (from work or school)

Where 请假 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Requests, permission & obligation (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐng jià correctly.
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