请 qǐng please

Example sentences

请喝水。Qǐng hē shuǐ.Please drink water.
请你来我家。Qǐng nǐ lái wǒ jiā.Please come to my home.

Traditional: 請

HSK 1 — the first of the six levels: 150 words. You can greet people, say who you are and ask simple questions. In HSK 3.0, 请 is in band 1. HSK 1 explained

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中请。

That's please. Here you are offering someone a drink.

中请喝水。

Please drink water. Want to try it out loud?

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Stroke order

请 is written in 10 strokes.

请 — the Chinese character for please (qǐng), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 请 — please

Senses

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

Related words

Where 请 lives

HSK 1 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 1 Practise Topic: Greetings Practise Topic: Communication Practise Topic: Grammar words Practise

请 is pronounced qǐng and means “please”.