请

請

qǐng

讠 + 青

HSK 2.0Level 1

HSK 3.0Level 1

Definitions

qǐng (particle) please (polite request)

qǐng (verb) to ask; to invite; to request

qǐng (verb) to treat (to a meal)

Etymology

Simplified form of 請. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Semantic: 讠 Phonetic: 青

About

请 is the simplified form of 請, a phono-semantic compound. The left component 讠 (simplified from 言, 'speech') signals verbal communication, while the right component 青 (blue/green) solely indicates the pronunciation. Its meanings include to request, to invite, to treat someone to a meal, and the polite 'please' when used at the start of a sentence.

Etymology Hide

Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

请坐在这里。

Qǐng zuò zài zhèlǐ.

Please sit here.

请帮我一下。

Qǐng bāng wǒ yīxià.

Please help me a bit.

请明天来我家。

Qǐng míngtiān lái wǒ jiā.

Please come to my house tomorrow.

请您填写这张表。

Qǐng nín tiánxiě zhè zhāng biǎo.

Please fill out this form.

请安静，我们在上课。

Qǐng ānjìng, wǒmen zài shàngkè.

Please be quiet, we are in class.

如果你有时间，请来参加聚会。

Rúguǒ nǐ yǒu shíjiān, qǐng lái cānjiā jùhuì.

If you have time, please come to the party.

请允许我介绍一下自己。

Qǐng yǔnxǔ wǒ jièshào yīxià zìjǐ.

Please allow me to introduce myself.

请在会议开始前提交你的报告。

Qǐng zài huìyì kāishǐ qián tíjiāo nǐ de bàogào.

Please submit your report before the meeting starts.

Related Characters

Component: 讠

Component: 青

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