How to say it in Chinese

Ask for leave in Chinese

to ask for leave · HSK 3

请假 qǐng jià

  1. 请 qǐng please
  2. 假 jiǎ fake

我明天想请假一天。 I'd like to take a day off tomorrow.

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How do you say ask for leave in Chinese?

Ask for leave in Chinese is 请假 (qǐng jià).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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