qǐng

Traditional: 請

HSK 1
#112 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

please, to invite, to treat

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Examples

Please sit down.

Please help me.

I will treat you to a meal.

chuāng

Please close the window.

请 (qǐng) means please, to invite, to treat. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

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