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。
比如说"请坐"、"请进"，都是客气的说法。
Meanings
请qǐng
please (polite request marker)
请坐，喝杯茶吧。
请qǐng
to invite; to treat someone
今天我请你吃饭。
请qǐng
to ask for; to request (leave, help)
他今天请了一天假。
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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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