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请客

qǐng kè

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

请客 (qǐng kè) means "to give a dinner party". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 请客 means

1. to give a dinner party
2. to entertain guests
3. to invite to dinner

The characters in 请客

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 客kècustomer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)

Example sentences

• 我请客。
  It's my treat.
• 晚饭我请客。
  Wǎnfàn wǒ qǐngkè.
  I'll treat you to dinner.
• 今天是我请客。
  Jīntiān shì wǒ qǐngkè.
  Today is my treat.
• 今天我来请客。
  Jīntiān wǒ lái qǐngkè.
  It's my treat today.
• 革命不是请客吃饭。
  A revolution is not a dinner party.

Sounds the same

Read qǐng kè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顷刻instantly; in no time

Where 请客 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Dining & social customs (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 kè correctly.
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