IDENTITY
请qǐngplease; to invite; to ask
HSK 1Top 300
CORE MEANING
please; to invite; to ask
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.please (polite)HSK1
- 2.to inviteHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 讠speech radical (yán)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰讠青
- speech
- gives the sound qǐng
USAGE
Common words
请问qǐngwènexcuse me
请客qǐngkèto treat (to a meal)
Graded examples
请问，车站在哪里？Qǐngwèn, chēzhàn zài nǎlǐ?HSK1
Excuse me, where is the station?
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
Clear (青) words (讠) of politeness — please, inviting.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #300
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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