请

qǐng

request; ask; if, invite; engage, please; pls

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engage; invite; please; pray; prithee; request

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engage; invite; please; pray; prithee

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qǐng

adv. please

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qing3

to ask, to invite, please (do sth), to treat (to a meal etc), to request

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请

qǐng

动

（请求） request; ask:

能不能请你帮个忙? May I ask a favour of you?

请你多加指导。 It is hoped you will give us guidance.

请他进来(上楼)。 Ask him in (upstairs).

她请老师帮助她。 She asked help from her teacher.

兹定于三月二日晚七时半在友谊宾馆举行宴会， 敬请光临。 Your presence is requested at a banquet to be given at the Friendship Hotel at 7:30 p.m. of March 2.

（邀请; 聘请） invite; engage:

请医生 send for a doctor;

请总工程师来讲课 invite the chief engineer to give a lecture;

敬(恳)请莅临视察。 Inspection is respectfully (cordially) invited.

他是从国外请来的。 He was engaged from abroad.

（招待; 款待） entertain:

我们请朋友吃午饭。 We entertained friends to lunch.

(敬) （用于希望对方做某事） please:

请安静。 Be quiet, please.

请不要笑。 Please don't laugh.

请速回信。 Please reply as soon as possible.

请坐。 Won't you sit down?; Please be seated.; Sit down, please.

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請|请 [qǐng] ► to ask ► to invite ► please (do sth) ► to treat (to a meal etc) ► to request