请
qǐngTraditional 請
please
Every meaning
qǐng
- please
- to ask; to request
- to invite
- to treat (to a meal)
- to hire; to engage (a lawyer, nanny etc)
In a sentence
请坐，喝杯茶吧。
Please sit down and have a cup of tea.
我们请了很多朋友来参加婚礼。
We invited lots of friends to the wedding.
今天我请你吃饭。
Today dinner is on me.
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In the Library
他想请家人在外边吃饭。
谢谢的谢 · How to make a phone call to a restaurant in Chinese · HSK 1
叫你的朋友都来，我请你们吃饺子！
今天，老师在课上说：“请给二十岁的你写一封信。
Words with 请
Meanings are from Mandarin The Wild’s own dictionary. Levels follow the official HSK word list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus, levels 7–9 shown together).