Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
请
qǐng
Description
"请"是很有礼貌的词，我们请别人做事的时候常常用它。
"请" is a very polite word, often used when we ask others to do something.
比如说"请坐"、"请进"，都是客气的说法。
For example, "请坐" and "请进" are both polite expressions.
Meanings
请qǐng
please (polite request marker)
请坐，喝杯茶吧。
Please have a seat and a cup of tea.
请qǐng
to invite; to treat someone
今天我请你吃饭。
I'll treat you to a meal today.
请qǐng
to ask for; to request (leave, help)
他今天请了一天假。
He took a day off today.
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Notes
- Nuance
请 at the start of a phrase softens commands into polite requests, like English "please."
- Etymology
original sense "to ask/request"; extended to "invite" and used as a courtesy marker.
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