请
to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,167 U+8BF7
How 请 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 青 (phonetic, qīng)
How to remember it
invite · Heisig RSH #1210
words + telescope
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 青
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 青 (qīng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青 sound component | qīng | nature's color; blue, green, black; young |
| 情 | qíng | emotion, feeling, sentiment |
| 清 | qīng | clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful |
| 精 | jīng | essence, germ, spirit |
| 氰 | qíng | cyanogen; ethane dinitrile |
| 睛 | jīng | eyeball; pupil |
| 猜 | cāi | to guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel |
| 晴 | qíng | clear weather, fine weather |
| 蜻 | qīng | dragonfly |
| 靓 | liàng | ornament; pretty; to apply make-up |
| 菁 | jīng | turnip; a flower of the leek family |
| 腈 | jīng | acrylic |
| 箐 | qìng | to draw a bamboo bow |
| 鲭 | qīng | mackerel |
| 鼱 | jīng | shrew |
| 圊 | qīng | restroom |
Words containing 请
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不请自来 | bù qǐng zì lái | to turn up without being invited; unsolicited |
| 不情之请 | bù qíng zhī qǐng | (idiom) (humble expression) my presumptuous request |
| 请神容易送神难 | qǐng shén róng yì sòng shén nán | it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away |
| 请多关照 | qǐng duō guān zhào | please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting) |
| 有请 | yǒu qǐng | to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speec… |
| 请安 | qǐng ān | to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see al… |
| 请将不如激将 | qǐng jiàng bù rú jī jiàng | lit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general; fig. inciting peopl… |
| 请假条 | qǐng jià tiáo | leave of absence request (from work or school) |
| 报请 | bào qǐng | to report, requesting approval; written request for instructions |
| 请别见怪 | qǐng bié jiàn guài | please don't be upset; no hard feelings; absit iniuria verbis; let injury by words be abse… |
| 请战 | qǐng zhàn | to request to be sent into battle; (by extension) to volunteer for a dangerous or arduous … |
| 请教 | qǐng jiào | to ask for guidance; to consult |
| 回请 | huí qǐng | to return an invitation |
| 声请 | shēng qǐng | to make a formal request; formal request; to make a claim (law) |
| 请调 | qǐng diào | to request a transfer |
| 请进 | qǐng jìn | "please come in" |
| 约请 | yuē qǐng | to invite; to issue an invitation |
| 三催四请 | sān cuī sì qǐng | to coax and plead |
| 吃请 | chī qǐng | to be a guest at a dinner party; to be wined and dined (as a bribe) |
| 提请 | tí qǐng | to propose |